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John Munro Longyear

1850 - 1922

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John Munro Longyear Sr. (April 15, 1850 – May 28, 1922) was an American businessman and noted developer of timber and mineral lands in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Minnesota who became the central figure behind the Arctic Coal Company, which surveyed and mined coalfields on Spitsbergen, from 1905 to 1916. This company developed a settlement on Spitsbergen able to accommodate up to around 500 people which became known as Longyear City, now Longyearbyen, adjacent Advent Bay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Munro Longyear is the 423rd most popular businessperson (up from 646th in 2019), the 5,477th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,247th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, John Munro Longyear ranks 423 out of 847. Before him are Ivy Lee, Stafford Beer, Frédéric Vasseur, Jim Walton, David Geffen, and Choi Soon-sil. After him are Clayton Christensen, William R. Orthwein, David Baszucki, Susanne Klatten, Haim Saban, and Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, John Munro Longyear ranks 76. Before him are Richard Heuberger, Constantin Fahlberg, Kiyoura Keigo, Ernest von Koerber, Constantin Henriquez, and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas. After him are Alfred Pringsheim, Léon-Adolphe Amette, Pablo Iglesias Posse, Tarabai Shinde, Bharatendu Harishchandra, and George Huntington. Among people deceased in 1922, John Munro Longyear ranks 91. Before him are Petros Protopapadakis, Pavle Jurišić Šturm, Berthold Delbrück, Patrick Manson, Iwan Bloch, and William Stewart Halsted. After him are Louis Duchesne, James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, Ernest Lavisse, Henry Bataille, Max von Hausen, and Hannes Hafstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Munro Longyear ranks 5,477 out of 20,380. Before him are Berry Berenson (1948), James Farentino (1938), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Stephanie Seymour (1968), Michael Imperioli (1966), and Donald Barthelme (1931). After him are Don Alden Adams (1925), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), Mort Shuman (1938), Bonnie Aarons (1979), Martin Ferrero (1947), and Carol Burnett (1933).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, John Munro Longyear ranks 136. Before him are Robert Monroe (1915), John Elkann (1976), Reed Hastings (1960), Ivy Lee (1877), Jim Walton (1948), and David Geffen (1943). After him are Clayton Christensen (1952), William R. Orthwein (1881), Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1951), Armand Hammer (1898), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), and S. Robson Walton (1944).

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