William Ellery Hale

William Ellery Hale (April 8, 1836 – November 16, 1898) was an American businessman, real estate investor and civic leader.

[1][2] He joined the Rock River Paper Company in Beloit, Wisconsin, in 1857, and he was transferred to their Chicago store in 1862, where he worked until 1871.

[1][3] He made donations New West Educational Commission, which built schools in Utah, and he supported the American Board of Foreign Missions[1] Hale married Mary Scranton Brown in 1862.

[1][2] They had two sons, including George Ellery Hale, who became an astronomer, and a daughter.

[1] Hale died of Bright's disease on November 16, 1898, in Chicago.