Leander J. McCormick | |
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| Born | Leander James McCormick February 8, 1819 |
| Died | February 20, 1900 (aged 81) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor, businessman and philanthropist |
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Henrietta Maria Hamilton
(m. 1845; died 1899) |
| Children | Robert Hall McCormick II Elizabeth Maria McCormick Henrietta Laura McCormick Leander Hamilton McCormick |
| Parent(s) | Robert McCormick, Jr. Mary Ann Hall |
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Leander James McCormick (February 8, 1819 – February 20, 1900) was an American inventor, manufacturer, philanthropist, and businessman and a member of the McCormick family of Chicago and Virginia. Along with his elder brothers Cyrus and William, he is regarded as one of the fathers of modern agriculture due to his part in the development of the McCormick Reaper and what became the International Harvester Company. He also owned and developed vast amounts of real estate in downtown Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois. In 1885, he donated one of the world's largest telescopes to the University of Virginia.