COMPANY

Granted its Royal Charter in 1600, dissolved in 1858. Was also known as Honourable East India Company, and East India Trading Company.

Industry:
Transport

Corporate headquarters:
London, England

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Elihu Yale	Philanthropist	5-Apr-1649	8-Jul-1721	Namesake of Yale University

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William Baffin	Explorer	c. 1584	23-Jan-1622	Tried to find North-West Passage
George Everest	Explorer	4-Jul-1790	1-Dec-1866	Namesake of Mt. Everest
Oliver Goldsmith	Author	10-Nov-1730	4-Apr-1774	The Vicar of Wakefield
Richard Hakluyt	Author	c. 1552	23-Nov-1616	Voiages and Discoveries of the English nation
Edmund Halley	Astronomer	8-Nov-1656	14-Jan-1742	Predicted return of Halley's Comet
Sir Henry Irving	Actor	6-Feb-1838	13-Oct-1905	English actor, Theater manager
Robert Jenkins	Business	fl. 1731-45	fl. 1731-45	War of Jenkins' Ear
Charles Lamb	Author	10-Feb-1775	27-Dec-1834	Essays of Elia
Sir Stamford Raffles	Government	6-Jul-1781	5-Jul-1826	Founder of Singapore
Matthew Webb	Swimmer	18-Jan-1848	24-Jul-1883	First to swim the English Channel

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas Love Peacock	Novelist	18-Oct-1785	23-Jan-1866	Nightmare Abbey

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