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May 20, 2024 · Standard Oil Co. was an American oil-producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company, owned by John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world at its height. Rockefeller Family Tree
1 day ago · John D. Rockefeller revolutionized the oil industry by bankrupting competitors and establishing a near-monopoly with Standard Oil in 1872. His philanthropic efforts, particularly funding the transformative Flexner Report in 1910, reformed medical education, laying the foundation for modern Western medicine.
16 hours ago · The Manhattan site was ultimately chosen over Philadelphia after John D. Rockefeller Jr., offered to donate $8.5 million to purchase the land along the East River. Robert Moses and Rockefeller Sr. convinced Nelson Rockefeller to buy the land after the Rockefellers' Kykuit estate in Mount Pleasant, New York, was deemed too isolated from Manhattan.
3 days ago · In 1932, the Mexican socialist artist Diego Rivera (whose sponsor was the Museum of Modern Art and whose patron at the time was Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, the wife of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.), was commissioned by their son Nelson to create a color fresco for the 1,071-square-foot (99 m 2) wall in the lobby of
May 7, 2024 · philanthropy, voluntary organized efforts intended for socially useful purposes. Philanthropic groups existed in the ancient civilizations of the Middle East, Greece, and Rome: an endowment supported Plato ’s Academy ( c. 387 bce) for some 900 years; the Islamic waqf (religious endowment) dates to the 7th century ce; and the medieval ...
May 13, 2024 · John D. Rockefeller was one of the most famous business moguls of the 19th and early 20th centuries, building his family’s fortune through the Standard Oil Company. His company controlled 90% of ...
6 days ago · The two giant bronze sculptures are iconic symbols of John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s world-famous Art Deco complex. The shining gold Prometheus lounges in front of the ice skating rink in the Sunken ...
