L. Hamilton McCormick
| Leander Hamilton McCormick | |
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About 1896
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| Born |
May 27, 1859 Chicago |
| Died | February 2, 1934 (aged 74) |
| Children | 3 |
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Leander J. McCormick Henrietta Hamilton |
Leander Hamilton McCormick (May 27, 1859 – February 2, 1934) was an American author, inventor, art collector and sculptor.
Hamilton McCormick (as he was known) was born in Chicago, May 27, 1859. His grandfather Robert McCormick of Virginia invented agricultural machinery. His father, Leander J. McCormick (1819–1900), came to Chicago in 1848 and was a partner with his brothers, Cyrus and William Sanderson McCormick to form what would become International Harvester. He was the youngest of four children of his mother Henrietta Hamilton McCormick.
McCormick received his education principally at Phillips Academy, Andover, and at Amherst College, graduating in the class of 1881. He afterwards took a course in law at Columbia Law School in New York City and studied architecture in New York. After finishing his education he traveled in the United States, Europe, northern Africa, Mexico, Central America, Yucatan, the West Indies and the Bermudas. In 1886, while touring Europe, he met Constance Plummer, the daughter of Edward Plummer, of Canterbury, England, whom he married on February 15, 1887. They had three sons: Leander James McCormick born January 6, 1888, Edward Hamilton McCormick born August 3, 1889, and Allister Hamilton McCormick born August 3, 1891.
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