Record #:

10714

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

James B. Duke and his brother Benjamin N. Duke are both well known for their accomplishments and philanthropies. But little has been said about the modest and retiring father of the famous Duke boys. Yet Washington Duke was the original Rockefeller of our state; and the two men had much in common, as both were born to poverty and both rose to power in the business world as a result of their own efforts.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 13, Dec 1969, p13, 22, il

Subject(s):

Duke, Washington, 1820-1905