Search results
James Buchanan Duke (December 23, 1856 – October 10, 1925) was an American tobacco and electric power industrialist best known for the introduction of modern cigarette manufacture and marketing, and his involvement with Duke University. He was the founder of the American Tobacco Company in 1890.
died: Oct. 10, 1925, New York, N.Y. (aged 68) James Buchanan Duke (born Dec. 23, 1856, Durham, N.C., U.S.—died Oct. 10, 1925, New York, N.Y.) was an American tobacco magnate and philanthropist.
James Buchanan Duke 1856–1925. James B. Duke dies unexpectedly on October 10, 1925, after suffering from pernicious anemia, a disease for which there was no known cure at the time. He would have been 69 years old on December 23. In his will, he leaves the Endowment an additional $67 million. Photo courtesy of Duke University Archives.
- 704.376.0291, Charlotte, 28202, North Carolina
James Buchanan Duke, formerly President of the American Tobacco Company, who was probably the greatest figure in the American tobacco industry and one of the nation's leading philanthropists,...
Apr 23, 2003 · Twenty-eight-year-old James Buchanan Duke '" 'Buck' only to his family and friends of long-standing '" had come to New York a year earlier to establish and then manage a branch factory of W. Duke Sons and Company, tobacco manufacturers based in Durham, North Carolina. Already richly experienced in the world of tobacco, the youngest of the Duke ...
People also ask
Who was James Buchanan Duke?
What is the James B Duke Scholarship Fund?
Why was Duke sued?
Who founded the Duke Endowment?
23 Dec. 1856–10 Oct. 1925. James Buchanan Duke, industrialist, the youngest of the three children of Washington and Artelia Roney Duke, was born on his father's farm located a few miles north of Durham in what was then Orange County. He received some education in an improvised school near his home, attended an academy in Durham for a while ...
James B. Duke died in New York City on October 10, 1925, and is interred with his father and brother in the Memorial Chapel on the campus of Duke University. For Further Research Durden, Robert F. Bold Entrepreneur: A Life of James B. Duke .
Related searches
Searches related to james buchanan duke death
washington duke james buchanan duke net worth james buchanan duke family tree james buchanan duke robber baron doris duke james buchanan duke heirs james buchanan duke quotes
