James Buchanan Duke
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James Buchanan Duke (December 23, 1856 – October 10, 1925) was an American tobacco and electric power industrialist best known for the invention of modern cigarette manufacture and marketing techniques, and his involvement with Duke University. He was the founder of the American Tobacco Company in 1890.
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He Modeled Himself on John D. Rockefeller; TOBACCO TYCOON: The Story of James Buchanan Duke. By John K. Winkler. 337 pp. New York: Random House. $3. James Buchanan Duke's Life (Published 1942)
Home Tour: 17 photos and user’s guide to the Duke Mansion, a former private home with 20 bedrooms you can book
Duke professor Megan Neely apologizes for email discouraging students from speaking Chinese - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
J. B. DUKE'S ESTATE NOW $53,451,778; Payments Cause It to Shrink From Highest Mark of $89,704,859. EXECUTORS FILE ACCOUNT Most of Property Was Left to Wife and Daughter -- University to Get $17,000,000. (Published 1927)
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