Percival Farquhar
@percivalfarquhar
American businessman (1865–1953)
Building Brazil Railway Company as Founder · United States
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1865–1953
- Educated at
- Yale University · Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science
About
Percival Farquhar (1865–1953) was a politician. They were born in York. They studied at Yale University. They served as member of the New York State Assembly.
In context
Brazil Railway Company was founded in 1906 and closed in 1940, after 34 years. Among the 27 other railway company companies we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 23 years, so this one outlasted most of them.
Contribution
Percival's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.
Companies
- Brazil Railway Companyformer American railway company in BrazilFounder · railway company · Portland, Brazil · Founded 1906
- Argentine Railway Companyformer us-American railway company in ArgentineFounder · holding company · Portland, United States
- Sorocabana Railway CompanybusinessFounder · railway company · Portland, United States · Founded 1907
- Uruguay Railway Companyformer us-American railway company in UruguayFounder · railway company · Portland, United States · Founded 1910