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.

Aliases (1)

James B. Duke ×1

Statements (48)

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 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 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 →
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 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Trinity College ("James B. Duke") →	associatedPerson
American Tobacco Company →	founder
James Buchanan Duke →	fullName
American Tobacco Company →	keyPerson
Duke University →	namedAfter
American Tobacco Company →	notableChairman