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Angier Buchanan Duke (December 8, 1884 – September 3, 1923) was a trustee of Duke University from 1914–1923, as well as vice president and president of its Alumni Association.
Angier Buchanan Duke (1884-1923) was the second son of Benjamin N. and Sarah P. Duke and one of the heirs to the Duke family fortune. This collection primarily consists of financial records which detail how his executors managed his estate after his accidental death.
Angier Buchanan Duke was born on 8 Dec 1884 in Durham, Durham, North Carolina, the son of Benjamin Newton Duke and Sarah Pearson Angier. Following the accidental discharge of his gun in 1905 during a hunting trip, his left arm was amputated below the elbow. He married Cordelia Drexel Biddle.
Angier Biddle Duke (November 30, 1915 – April 29, 1995) was an American diplomat who served as Chief of Protocol of the United States in the 1960s. Prior to that, at the age of 36, he became the youngest American ambassador in history when he was appointed to be the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador.
2 de may. de 1995 · Angie Duke was the son of multimillionaire Angier Buchanan Duke. His great-uncle James Buchanan Duke founded the American Tobacco Co. and heavily endowed Trinity College in Durham, N.C.,...
Portrait of Angier Buchanan Duke, son of Benjamin N. Duke. 411 Chapel Drive Durham, NC 27708 (919) 660-5870 Perkins Library Service Desk
The Angier B. Duke Memorial was established in 1925 by Benjamin N. Duke to honor his son, Angier Buchanan Duke (1884-1923, Trinity, '05). The program was reworked in 1946-1947 when the Memorial Scholarship became the University's premier undergraduate award.
