Fisk, James, Jr., 1835-1872
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Name (Latin)
Fisk, James, Jr., 1835-1872
Other forms of name
Fiske, James, Jr., 1835-1872
Fisk, James, 1835-1872
Fisk, Jim, 1835-1872
Date of birth
1835-04-01
Date of death
1872-01-07
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Capitalists and financiers
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- American National Biography Online, 2013 October 29(Fisk, James (1 Apr. 1834-7 Jan. 1872); financial speculator; b. Pownal, Vt.; the son of James Fisk, a country peddler; shot to death by Edward Stokes on January 6, 1872, at the Grand Central Hotel, died the next morning)
- Verses composed by Byron DeWolfe, on the assassination and death of James Fiske. Jr., 1872.
- Wikipedia, 2013 November 1(James Fisk (financier); James Fisk, Jr. (April 1, 1835-January 7, 1872); known variously as "Big Jim," "Diamond Jim," and "Jubilee Jim"; American stockbroker and corporate executive who has been referred to as one of the "robber barons" of the Gilded Age; [Edward] Stokes shot Fisk in New York City on January 6, 1872 in the Grand Central Hotel. Fisk died the next morning ...)
- World Biographical Information System, 2013 October 29(Fisk, James; b. 1834; d. 1872; financier, theatre proprietor, railroad promoter, murder victim)
- The scarlet woman of Wall Street : Jay Gould, Jim Fisk, Cornelius Vanderbilt ... c1988:p. 129, etc. (James Fisk, Jr.) p. 133 (b. Pownal, Vt., Apr. Fool's Day, 1835) p. 329, etc. (shot by Edward Stokes at Grand Central Hotel, Jan. 6, 1872)