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Person
John D. Rockefeller
U.S. businessman who founded Standard Oil and later gave much of his fortune away.
- Dates
- 1839–1937
- Wikidata
- Q160278
- Life 1839–1937
- head of Standard Oil 1870–1896
Connections 6
founded
- Standard Oil 1870 Scholarship & press 1
- Rockefeller Foundation 1913 Scholarship & press 1
head of
- Standard Oil 1870–1896 Scholarship & press 1
member of
- South Improvement Company director Scholarship & press 2
funded
- University of Chicago Self-published 3
involved in
- Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States defendant Primary record 4
Timeline 4 dates
- 1839–1937 John D. Rockefeller
- 1870 John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil
- 1870–1896 John D. Rockefeller head of Standard Oil
- 1913 John D. Rockefeller founded Rockefeller Foundation
Proof 4 sources
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Rockefeller, John D., Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University.
Scholarship & press
He organized Standard Oil Co. as its largest stockholder in 1870, directing the company until he retired in 1896, but retaining the title of president until 1911.
Rockefeller established several organizations to handle his giving: the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1901), the General Education Board (1902), the Rockefeller Foundation (1913), and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial (1918).
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The History of the Standard Oil Company (2 vols.), Ida M. Tarbell, McClure, Phillips & Co. (text via Project Gutenberg #60692), 1904.
Scholarship & press
It is a perfectly well-known fact that Mr. Rockefeller owned 180 shares in the South Improvement Company, of which he was a director
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Random Reminiscences of Men and Events, John D. Rockefeller, Doubleday, Page & Co. (text via Project Gutenberg #17090), 1909.
Self-published
My interest in the University of Chicago has been enhanced by the fact that while it has comprehensively considered the other features of a collegiate course, it has given so much attention to research.
he never once either wrote me a letter or asked me personally for a dollar of money for the University of Chicago.
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Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, 221 U.S. 1 (opinion of the Court and Harlan, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part), Supreme Court of the United States (text via Cornell LII), 1911.
Primary record
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and thirty-three other corporations, John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, and five other individual defendants, prosecute this appeal
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