Samuel Insull (November 11, 1859 - July 16, 1938) was an investor in and from Chicago who was known for purchasing utilities and railroads. He contributed to creating an integrated electrical infrastructure in the United States. He was also responsible for the building of the Chicago Civic Opera House in 1929. Wikipedia
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Samuel Insull.,(18591938). U.S. public utilities official Samuel Insull was born in London, England, on Nov. 11, 1859. He came to the United States in 1881 as secretary to Thomas Alva Edison. Insull served as president of Commonwealth Edison Co. in Chicag concise.britannica.com/ebc/art-58790
Showing the way to a more democratic supply and distribution of electricity would fall to Edison's former clerk, Samuel Insull. www.pbs.org/greatprojects/tour/electricnation_6.html
