James Buchanan Duke

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human industrialist philanthropist

James Buchanan Duke was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose fortune from tobacco and electric power helped establish and endow Duke University.

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James Buchanan Duke canonical 21
James B. Duke 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
associatedWith Duke University ⓘ
Durham, North Carolina tobacco industry ⓘ
birthDate 1856-12-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Durham, North Carolina ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
burialPlace Duke Chapel ⓘ
surface form: Duke University Chapel
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
child Doris Duke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1925-10-10 ⓘ
deathPlace New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Guilford College ⓘ
surface form: Guilford College preparatory department

New Garden Friends School ⓘ
employer American Tobacco Company ⓘ
familyName Duke ⓘ
fieldOfWork electric power industry ⓘ
tobacco industry ⓘ
founded American Tobacco Company ⓘ
Duke Power Company ⓘ
The Duke Endowment ⓘ
fullName James Buchanan Duke self-link ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
industry electric power ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
middleName Buchanan ⓘ
namedAfter James Buchanan ⓘ
notableFor development of the American tobacco industry ⓘ
philanthropic endowment of Duke University ⓘ
notableWork creation of The Duke Endowment ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
parent Artelia Roney Duke ⓘ
Washington Duke ⓘ
positionHeld president of American Tobacco Company ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Durham, North Carolina ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Benjamin Newton Duke ⓘ
Mary Duke Lyon ⓘ
significantDonation endowment of Trinity College that led to Duke University ⓘ
spouse Nanaline Holt Inman Duke ⓘ

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Duke University → namedAfter → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
American Tobacco Company → founder → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
American Tobacco Company → notableChairman → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
American Tobacco Company → keyPerson → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
James Buchanan Duke → fullName → James Buchanan Duke self-link ⓘ
Trinity College → associatedPerson → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
this entity surface form: James B. Duke
Doris Duke → father → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
W. Duke, Sons & Co. → associatedPerson → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
Benjamin Newton Duke → sibling → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
Benjamin Newton Duke → businessPartner → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
Rough Point → laterOwner → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
this entity surface form: James B. Duke
Duke Farms → namedAfter → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
The Duke Endowment → foundedBy → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
The Duke Endowment → namedAfter → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
Artelia Roney Duke → spouse → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
Artelia Roney Duke → notableRelative → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
Washington Duke → child → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
Washington Duke → hasRelative → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
Duke family → hasNotableMember → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics → namedAfter → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics → namedAfter → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
this entity surface form: James B. Duke
J. B. Duke House, New York City → namedAfter → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
J. B. Duke House, New York City → commissionedBy → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
J. B. Duke House, New York City → occupant → James Buchanan Duke ⓘ