(noun) United States financier who gained control of the Erie canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
(noun) United States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002)
Definitions for Era
(noun) an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing
(noun) a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
(noun) a major division of geological time ; an era is usually divided into two or more periods