William Henry Baldwin Jr., Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Henry Baldwin Jr.
American businessman
Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1863
Date of Death: 03-Jan-1905
Profession: businessperson
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About William Henry Baldwin Jr.
- William Henry Baldwin Jr.
- (February 5, 1863 – January 3, 1905) was a president of the Long Island Rail Road from Boston, Massachusetts.
- He graduated from Harvard University in 1885 and studied law there for a year afterward.
- He was instrumental in establishing African American industrial education by securing sizable donations from Northern industrial magnates.
- Baldwin became a trustee of Tuskegee University in 1894 where he worked alongside Booker T.
- Washington.
- The son of a prominent Bostonian, William Henry Baldwin Sr., he carved out a successful career for himself in the railroad industry and gave generously of his time and money to the education of former slaves.
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