George Fabyan (1867 - 1936)

Born 15 Mar 1867 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 May 1936 at age 69 in Geneva, Kane County, Illinois, United States

"Colonel" George Fabyan (1867 – 1936) was a millionaire businessman who founded a private research laboratory.[1] Fabyan's laboratory pioneered modern cryptography, though its initial findings, supporting Fabyan's belief that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays, were later disproven by the cryptographers who trained there.

Biography

George Fabyan is Notable.

Second child and eldest son of five children born to George and Isabella Fabyan, George was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 15 March 1867. George ran away from home at age 17. Disinherited by his father, he eventually ended up in Chicago working at a warehouse owned by his father's textile business, Bliss, Babyan & Co., under an assumed name. Noticing the quality of George's efforts, his supervisor eventually introduce him to the head of the company, his father, who promptly accepted him back into the family and put him in charge of the warehouse. By 1895 George ran the Chicago office of his tycoon-father's textile business Bliss, Fabyan & Co.

He passed away on 17 May 1936 (aged 69). Where he died seems to be in question, since Wikipedia says he died in Geneva, Illinois, where he lived.

"CHICAGO, May 17 - Colonel George Fabyan, millionaire country gentleman and scientist... died today at his home in Geneva, Ill. He was 69 years old. " ^[1]

However, Find a grave says that he died in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, the location of his tycoon-father's textile business Bliss, Fabyan & Co., which he ran from 1895. His inheritance from Bliss, Fabyan & Co. provided the financial foundation from which he and his wife, Nelle, established their legacy.

Sources

1. ↑ Special to the NY Times printed 18 May 1936.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Fabyan
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42028198/george-fabyan