William Wilson Corcoran

**William Wilson Corcoran** (an haife shi a ranar 27 ga watan Disamba, shekara ta 1798 - ya mutu a ranar 24 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1888) ɗan bankin Amurka ne, mai ba da agaji, kuma Mai tara kayan fasaha. Ya kafa Gidan zane-zane na Corcoran a Washington, DC.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Corcoran a ranar 27 ga Disamba, 1798, a Georgetown da ke Washington, DC, ɗaya daga cikin yara 12 (maza shida da mata shida), shida daga cikinsu sun rayu har zuwa lokacin da suka girma. Mahaifinsa shi ne Thomas Corcoran, wani ɗan kasuwa mai arziki wanda aka zaɓa sau biyu a matsayin magajin garin Georgetown, mahaifiyarsa kuma Hannah Lemmon. An haifi Thomas a Ireland, ya zauna a Georgetown a 1788, kuma ya kafa kasuwancin fata. 

An haifi William Corcoran a Georgetown, inda ya yi karatun gargajiya da lissafi a makarantun masu zaman kansu na gida waɗanda Alexander Kirk da Reverend Addison Belt ke gudanarwa. Ya halarci azuzuwan shekara guda a Kwalejin Georgetown, sannan ya shiga harkar kasuwancin iyali.

## Sana'a
Corcoran ya fara kasuwanci yana da shekaru 17, yana aiki a shagon kayan busassun kaya mallakar 'yan'uwa biyu kuma ya buɗe shagonsa na reshe shekaru biyu bayan haka. 'Yan'uwan Corcoran sun kafa gwanjon kaya da kasuwancin kwamitoci, amma kasuwancinsu ya gaza bayan Tsoron 1819 .

Ya yi aiki a wani kasuwancin iyali,  kuma a shekarar 1828, ya karɓi iko da tarin gidaje daga mahaifinsa. 

An yi wa Corcoran aiki a matsayin magatakarda a Bankin Columbia da ke reshen Georgetown, sannan kuma a matsayin manajan gidaje da lamuni a Bankin Biyu na Amurka da ke Washington. 

A shekara ta 1837, Corcoran ya kafa kamfanin dillanci a Pennsylvania Avenue da ke titin 15th. Ya yi nasara kuma a shekara ta 1840 ya shiga haɗin gwiwa da George Washington Riggs, ɗan Elisha Riggs . Kamfanin bankuna masu zaman kansu na Corcoran da Riggs ya sami tallafin Sakataren Baitulmali Levi Woodbury kuma ya bunƙasa bayan ya sake sayar wa masu zuba jari dala miliyan 5 (~$ 169 miliyan a 2024 ) na takardun kuɗin baitulmalin Amurka a shekarar 1843.  A shekarar 1845, ta sayi tsohon ginin Bankin Amurka na biyu wanda ke kan titin 15th a titin New York . 

A lokacin bazara na 1847, Corcoran da Riggs sun sayar wa masu zuba jari a gida da waje mafi yawan takardu biyu na takardun yarjejeniyar Yaƙin Mexican na Baitulmalin Amurka; ribar Corcoran ta kai dala miliyan 1. A shekarar 1854, Corcoran ya yi ritaya daga Corcoran da Riggs don mai da hankali kan jarinsa a fannin gidaje, tallafin filaye, makamai, layin dogo, da kuma neman jin daɗi da ayyukan agaji. 

### Zane-zane
Sabanin yawancin masu tallata fasahar zamani, Corcoran ba wai kawai yana sha'awar ayyukan Turai ba ne, kuma ya tattara ɗaya daga cikin mahimman tarin fasahar Amurka na farko. 

A shekara ta 1851, Corcoran ya sayi wani nau'in marmara na biyu na mutum-mutumin Ba'amurke mai suna Hiram Powers mai ban tsoro " The Greek Slave " kuma ya ɗauke shi a matsayin mafi kyawun abin da ya mallaka.  A tsakiyar shekarun 1850, hotunansa da sassakansa sun cika gidan da ke Lafayette Square kuma a shekara ta 1859 ya ɗauki hayar fitaccen mai zane na wannan lokacin, James Renwick, don gina wani gidan tarihi a salon Daular Biyu a titin Pennsylvania . &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup>

Kafin a shirya wurin adana kayan tarihi, sai yakin basasa ya fara, kuma Corcoran, mai goyon bayan Kudu, ya bar Washington zuwa [[Faris|Paris]], inda surukinsa, George Eustis Jr., ya kasance wakilin ƙungiyar Confederacy . Gwamnatin Amurka ta karɓe ginin da Renwick ya tsara rabin kammalawa kuma aka yi amfani da shi a matsayin wurin adana kayayyaki.

Lokacin da yaƙin ya ƙare, Corcoran ya koma Washington. An kammala ginin a shekarar 1869. An buɗe Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Corcoran a shekarar 1874, amma ba da daɗewa ba ginin ya yi girma. Wani sabon gini na Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Corcoran da sabuwar makarantar fasaha (yanzu [[Corcoran College of Art + Design|Kwalejin Fasaha + Zane ta Corcoran]] ) an tsara shi ta hannun mai zane na Amurka Ernest Flagg a cikin salon Beaux-Arts kuma an kammala shi a shekarar 1897, shekaru tara bayan mutuwar Corcoran. Fuskar ginin tana nuna " Neo-Grec ," wani ɓangare na Beaux-Arts wanda ya yi ƙoƙarin nuna ayyukan ginin ta hanyar bayyana cikakkun bayanai da kayan ado a waje. Gidan farko na Gidan Tarihi na Corcoran yanzu shine Gidan Tarihi na Renwick, gidan tarihi na Smithsonian . 

=== Taimakon jama'a ===
A shekara ta 1854, bayan ya yi ritaya, ya sadaukar da kansa da dukiyarsa ga fasaha da ayyukan agaji .  A shekara ta 1848, Corcoran ya sayi fili mai fadin eka 15 (hekta 6) don Makabartar Oak Hill, wadda ke kallon Rock Creek Park . Ya kafa Kamfanin Makabartar Oak Hill don kula da makabartar, wadda [[Dokar Majalisa]] ta kafa a hukumance a ranar 3 ga Maris, 1849. Corcoran ya biya kuɗin gina cocin Gothic Revival a Makabartar Oak Hill, wadda aka fi sani da Renwick Chapel .  Shi ne kawai ginin da Renwick ya tsara a Washington banda gidan tarihi na Corcoran na asali (duba ƙasa), ginin farko ("Castle") a kan Washington Mall na Smithsonian Institution, da kuma Cocin St. Mary a Foggy Bottom (duba ƙasa). 

Corcoran ya kuma kafa asusun dala 10,000, wanda ƙungiyar agaji ke gudanarwa, don siyan itacen wuta ga talakawa a Georgetown. Corcoran ya kuma ba da kyaututtuka da yawa ga jami'o'i da dama, ciki har da [[The George Washington University|Jami'ar George Washington]], [[Maryland Agricultural College|Kwalejin Noma ta Maryland]], [[College of William and Mary|Kwalejin William da Mary]], da [[Washington and Lee University|Jami'ar Washington da Lee]] . Corcoran ya kuma ba da gudummawa ga asusun siyan kadarar [[Mount Vernon]] ta [[George Washington]], bayan da iyalansa ba su iya ci gaba da kula da ita ba, kuma [[Federal government of the United States|gwamnatin tarayya]] ta ƙi siyan ta.  Ɗaya daga cikin abokan kasuwanci da abokin William Wilson Corcoran na dogon lokaci shi ne sanannen [[George Peabody]] . <sup>&#x5B; **' &#x5D;

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