Antedating of "Industrialist"

Fred Shapiro fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Jan 1 21:10:45 UTC 2006


industrialist (OED 1864)

1845 _Harbinger_ 25 Oct. 319 (American Periodical Series)  The settlement
consists of a body of Germans ... They are superior to the generality of
emigrants which arrive in this country, and many of them are very
intelligent men and thorough going Industrialists.

Fred Shapiro


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