William H. Todd
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William H. Todd | |
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 William H. Todd | |
| Born | November 27, 1864 |
| Died | May 15, 1932 (aged 67)[1] |
| Occupation | Shipbuilder |
William H. Todd (1864–1932)[1][2] was an American shipbuilder and philanthropist.[3]
He was born on November 27, 1864, the son of a boilermaker in Wilmington, Delaware.[3] He apprenticed to be a shipwright at the Pusey and Jones Shipyard in Wilmington as a young man and moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1893 to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.[3] He left the Navy Yard in 1896, to become foreman of the Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company of Erie Basin.[3] He eventually became president of Robins, and in 1916 merged that company with others to form the Todd Shipyards.[3]
He died May 15, 1932.[1]
