Hilton, Conrad Nicholson

Japanese: ヒルトン(英語表記)Hilton, Conrad Nicholson
Hilton, Conrad Nicholson
Born December 25, 1887 in San Antonio, New Mexico
[Died] January 3, 1979. Santa Monica, California. Founder of the world's largest hotel chain. After graduating from the School of Mines, he joined his father's hotel and general store, which catered to peddlers. After his father's death, he aggressively expanded the business, acquiring hotels mainly in Texas, and then expanding into California, Chicago, and New York. In 1946, he established Hilton Hotels, Inc., and aggressively expanded the hotel chain not only domestically but also overseas, and by the early 1990s, there were approximately 250 hotels bearing the Hilton name around the world.

Hilton
Hilton, James

Born: September 9, 1900, Lee, Lancashire
[Died] December 20, 1954, Long Beach, California. British novelist. Studied at Cambridge University. He gained recognition with Lost Horizon (1933), set in the utopia of Shangri-La, and Goodbye and Mr. Chips (1934), both of which were made into films. His other works include Knight Without Armour (1933) and Random Harvest (1941).

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Japanese:
[生]1887.12.25. ニューメキシコ,サンアントニオ
[没]1979.1.3. カリフォルニア,サンタモニカ
世界最大のホテル・チェーンの創設者。鉱山学校を卒業したのち,行商人相手のホテルと雑貨店を営んでいた父親の事業に参加,父の死後これを積極的に拡大し,主としてテキサス州のホテルを買収,その後カリフォルニア,シカゴ,ニューヨークに進出した。 1946年ヒルトン・ホテルズ社設立,国内ばかりではなく海外にも積極的にホテル・チェーンを拡大し,90年代の初めにはヒルトンの名を冠したホテルは全世界に約 250を数えるまでに発展した。

ヒルトン
Hilton, James

[生]1900.9.9. ランカシャー,リー
[没]1954.12.20. カリフォルニア,ロングビーチ
イギリスの小説家。ケンブリッジ大学に学ぶ。理想郷「シャングリラ」を舞台にした『失われた地平線』 Lost Horizon (1933) で認められ,『チップス先生さようなら』 Goodbye,Mr.Chips (1934) で大好評を博し,ともに映画化された。ほかに『よろいなき騎士』 Knight Without Armour (1933) ,『心の旅路』 Random Harvest (1941) など。

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