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The James B. Duke Library, the main campus library at Furman University, is also named for him because of his philanthropic relationship with the university. [7] On his death, he left approximately half of his estate to the Duke Endowment, adding another $67 million (equivalent to $1.16 billion in 2023 [6]) to the trust fund.
[15]: 95 To judge by what I now endure, the hand of death grasps me sharply." [11]: 140 [15]: 95 — Salvator Rosa, Italian artist and poet (15 March 1673), when asked how he was "Death is the great key that opens the palace of Eternity." [76] — John Milton, English poet and intellectual (8 November 1674) Death of the Viscount of Turenne.
Headline in the Lexington Herald-Leader of December 10, 1907. The Night Riders was the name given by the press to the militant, terrorist faction of tobacco farmers during a popular resistance to the monopolistic practices of the American Tobacco Company (ATC) of James B. Duke.
James B. Duke died at his 78th Street home on October 10, 1925, having suffered from pneumonia for several weeks. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] In James's will, Doris received $50 million from her father's $150 million estate [ 18 ] (which she could access when she attained the age of majority), while Nanaline received the 78th Street house, the Rough Point ...
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James B. Duke endowed the foundation on December 11, 1924, with $40 million. In the Indenture of Trust, Duke specified that he wanted the endowment to support Duke University, Davidson College, Furman University, Johnson C. Smith University; non-profit hospitals and children's homes in the two Carolinas; and rural United Methodist churches in North Carolina, retired pastors, and their ...
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A Duke University professor has died after he had a midair medical crisis while piloting an airplane in North Carolina on Sunday. A passenger was able to take control of the single-engine plane ...