Use of nickel (as a natural meteoric nickelâiron alloy) has been traced as far back as 3500 BCE. Nickel was first isolated and classified as a chemical element in 1751 by Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, who initially mistook the ore for a copper mineral.
One of the most powerful bankers of his era, J.P. (John Pierpont) Morgan (1837-1913) financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations.
Under their guidance, the firm of J.P. Morgan and Company built a reputation that made it synonymous in many minds with Wall Street itself. John Pierpoint (J.P.) Morgan was born on April 17, 1837, in Hartford, Connecticut. The Morgan family had arrived in New England in 1636 and had become prosperous farmers.