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John Pierpont Morgan was born on April 17, 1837, in Hartford, Connecticut to Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890) and Juliet Pierpont (1816–1884), of the influential Morgan family. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] His father, Junius, was then a partner at Howe Mather & Co., the largest dry goods wholesaler in Hartford.
Belle da Costa Greene, pastel portrait by Paul César Helleu, ca. 1913.. Belle da Costa Greene (November 26, 1879 – May 10, 1950) was an American librarian who managed and developed the personal library of J. P. Morgan.
The Personal Librarian tells of the lifework of Belle da Costa Greene, the personal librarian to J. P. Morgan, as well as the first director of the Morgan Library & Museum. The book, co-written by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, was published June 2021 by Berkeley Books. The novel follows Belle da Costa Greene as she receives ...
In 1990, Chernow published his first book, The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance, which traces four generations of the J.P. Morgan financial empire. [10] The reviewer for The New York Times Book Review said, "As a portrait of finance, politics and the world of avarice and ambition on Wall Street, the ...
Not everyone is predicting stocks will rise in 2024.. A new outlook from JPMorgan's global equity strategy team projects that the S&P 500 will finish 2024 at 4,200, a roughly 8% decline from where ...
The Morgan Library & Museum (originally known as the Pierpont Morgan Library; colloquially the Morgan) is a museum and research library at 225 Madison Avenue in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Completed in 1906 as the private library of the banker J. P. Morgan, the institution has more than 350,000 objects.
The Morgan family is an American family and banking dynasty, which became prominent in the U.S. and throughout the world in the late 19th century and early 20th century.. Members of the family amassed an immense fortune over the generations, primarily through the work of Junius Spencer (J.S.) Morgan (1813–1890) and John Pierpont (J. P.) Morgan Sr. (1837–19
In a new note, JPMorgan argues a debt ceiling crisis in 2023 could be far worse for markets than it was in 2011 when the S&P 500 fell nearly 20% from its peak.