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James Buchanan Duke (23 de diciembre de 1856 – 10 de octubre de 1925) fue un empresario estadounidense del sector del tabaco y de la energía eléctrica conocido por ser el introductor del cigarrillo moderno y creador de la moderna industria de la manufactura del tabaco 2 y por su vinculación con la Universidad Duke .
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.
11 de dic. de 2012 · James Duke, fumador de puros, fue pionero en la comercialización del cigarrillos. ¿Puede culparse a James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925), pionero en la fabricación y distribución de los...
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. The son of Washington Duke, who had entered the tobacco business after the American Civil War, James entered the family business with his brother Benjamin (1855–1929).
James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925) View a timeline of James Buchanan Duke's life. James Buchanan Duke was born near Durham, North Carolina on December 23, 1856 to Washington Duke and his second wife, Artelia Roney Duke. James B. Duke received an intermittent education in local academies.
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.
James Buchanan Duke fue un empresario estadounidense del sector del tabaco y de la energía eléctrica conocido por ser el introductor del cigarrillo moderno y creador de la moderna industria de la manufactura del tabaco y por su vinculación con la Universidad Duke.
