Patrick Burns (July 6, 1856 – February 24, 1937) was a Canadian rancher, meat packer, businessperson, senator, and philanthropist. A self-made man of wealth, he built one of the world's largest integrated meat-packing empires, P. Burns & Co., becoming one of the wealthiest Canadians of his time. He is honoured as one of the Big Four western cattle kings who started the Calgary Stampede in Alberta in 1912.
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5 July 1856 Oshawa, Ontario
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Died |
24 February 1937 (aged 80) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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