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Benjamin Newton Duke (April 25, 1855 – January 8, 1929) was an American tobacco, textile and energy industrialist and philanthropist. He served as vice-president at American Tobacco Company, being also founder of Duke Energy.
27 Apr. 1855–8 Jan. 1929. Benjamin Newton Duke, industrialist, the son of Washington and Artelia Roney Duke, was born in the modest farmhouse built by his father in 1852. Except for a brief period toward the end of the Civil War, when his father fought for the Confederacy and he, his sister, and his brother lived with their Roney grandparents ...
Benjamin Newton Duke, tobacco and textile entrepreneur and philanthropist, was the primary benefactor of Trinity College after it relocated to Durham in 1892. He also was the principal link between the Duke family and the college and university until his death in 1929.
A Duke student today might know the name “Benjamin N. Duke” by the scholarship that bears his name, or by his statue that stands outside Baldwin Auditorium on East Campus. But there’s plenty more to know.
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That year Kilgo saw in Few “a man of superior ability” despite his natural shyness, and asked donor Benjamin Newton Duke to provide for Few’s salary so Trinity could hang onto him. Duke complied and Few stayed, eventually becoming Trinity’s first dean.
Benjamin Newton Duke (1855–1929) was the primary philanthropist in the Duke family and a son of Washington Duke. He held a leadership role in several of the family companies, and was instrumental in founding Duke University.
Learn how James B. Duke, one of the great industrialists and philanthropists of the 20th century, established The Duke Endowment in 1924 with an initial gift of $40 million. Explore the timeline of his life and the Endowment's grantmaking in various fields and regions.
