Edward Wentworth Beatty
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Edward Wentworth Beatty
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Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty was the first Canadian-born president of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1918–1943). He was responsible for building the Royal York Hotel and RMS Empress of Britain, and later helped establish Canadian Pacific Air Lines. During World War II, he co-ordinated Canadian shipping and rail transport before ill health forced him to retire. He was Chancellor of Queen's University (1919–1923) and chancellor of McGill University (1920–1943). A lifelong philanthropist, on his deat
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Canadian transportation executive and philanthropist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wentworth_Beatty
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2024-02-09T10:05:41Z
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