Henry Clay Frick, American Industrialist

Henry Clay Frick, American Industrialist

Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 - December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, and played a major role in the formation of the giant US Steel manufacturing concern. He financed the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company, and owned extensive real estate holdings in Pittsburgh and throughout the state of Pennsylvania. He later built the historic neoclassical Frick Mansion (landmark building in Manhattan) and at his death donated his extensive collection of old master paintings and fine furniture to create the celebrated Frick Collection and art museum. He was known by his critics as "the most hated man in America". In 1892 there was an assassination attempt on his life. He was shot twice, stabbed for times in the leg, but was back at work in a week, His assailant, Alexander Berkman, was charged, found guilty of attempted murder, and he was sentenced to 22 years in prison. He died of a heart attack on December 2, 1919, weeks before his 70th birthday. Portrait of Frick by Theobald Chartan.

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