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William Wilson Corcoran

@williamcorcoran

American banker (1798–1888)

Building Riggs Bank as Founder · United States

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Lived
1798–1888
Educated at
Georgetown University

About

William Wilson Corcoran (1798–1888) was an art collector and banker. They were born in Georgetown. They studied at Georgetown University.

In context

Riggs Bank was founded in 1836 and closed in 2005, after 169 years. Among the 51 other economics of banking companies we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 63 years, so this one outlasted most of them.

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