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Born in December 1856, James Buchanan Duke was named for the 15th President. His family—including his father, Washington, and his older brother Benjamin—called him “Buck,” and it seemed to suit him. He was a strong, sturdy child, eager for life. The Duke family eked out a living on a small Piedmont farm.
James Buchanan Duke. Photo courtesy Duke University Libraries. [2]James Buchanan Duke, industrialist, the youngest of the three children ofWashington [3] and Artelia Roney Duke, was born on his father's farm located a few miles north of Durham [4] in what was then Orange County [5]. He received some education in an improvised school near his ...
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. Jam
James Buchanan Duke 1856-1925. James—“Buck” to his family and friends—was driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and guided by his faith and family to improve life in the Carolinas. Benjamin Newton Duke 1855-1929. Benjamin was a year older than his brother, James, but their closeness extended beyond just age.
29 de may. de 2018 · James Buchanan Duke. James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925), American industrialist and philanthropist, was the first giant of finance to emerge in the post-Civil War South.. James B. Duke was born on Dec. 23, 1856, on a small farm near Durham, N.C., the younger son of Washington Duke. Union troops during the Civil War so ravaged their farm that at war's end, when Washington Duke returned from ...
31 de ene. de 2004 · James Buchanan Duke built an industrial empire, powered the Piedmont, and endowed a university. He was a big man with big ideas, and he invested heavily in them. Robert Durden, emeritus professor of history, talks about “Buck” Duke's life and ambitions in Bold Entrepreneur: A Life of James B. Duke. You have written four books on.
24 de jun. de 2011 · Historian John Hope Franklin came to Duke in 1983 as the James Buchanan Duke professor of history. Franklin died in 2009, but before he did, he spoke to the Duke Endowment about Buck Duke.
