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John D. Rockefeller, Jr. John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., född 29 januari 1874 i Cleveland i Ohio, död 11 maj 1960 i Tucson i Arizona, var en amerikansk filantrop och medlem av familjen Rockefeller .
John D. Rockefeller married Laura C. Spelman, a teacher, on September 8, 1864, in Cleveland. They had five children: Bessie, Alice, Alta, Edith, and John Jr., who inherited much of the family fortune and continued his father’s philanthropic work.
Their eldest son, philanthropist and collector John D. Rockefeller III (1906–78), was born in New York and graduated from Princeton University in 1929. Drawn principally to Asian art, he amassed a major collection that he bequeathed to the Asia Society, which he had founded in 1956. An automobile accident north of New York, near his Pocantico ...
John Davison Rockefeller (ur. 8 lipca 1839 w Richford w stanie Nowy Jork, zm. 23 maja 1937 w Ormond Beach w stanie Floryda) – amerykański przedsiębiorca, filantrop i fundator Uniwersytetu Chicagowskiego. Obecnie uważany za najbogatszego człowieka w historii, który w ciągu całego swojego życia zgromadził majątek o wartości 660 mld ...
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and his family left a lasting philanthropic legacy in two important ways. First, the Rockefellers’ wealth significantly impacted a variety of service areas. The first two Rockefeller generations alone gave an estimated $1 billion in charitable contributions between 1860 and 1960. JDR Jr.’s sons established a foundation in 1940 to which Junior gave nearly $58 ...
3. Apr. 2024 · John D. Rockefeller (left) walking with his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., about 1915. Rockefeller, Sr., was an American industrialist and philanthropist and founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (cph 3a48646) A devout Baptist ...
31. Juli 2019 · Buy eBook - $9.99. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.: A Portrait. Raymond B. Fosdick. Plunkett Lake Press, Jul 31, 2019 - Biography & Autobiography. “Mr. Fosdick has written a biography in its formal meaning — fully documented, chronologically precise — and not simply a personal tribute to a friend of more than forty years’ standing.
