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Duke's father, Washington, had owned a tobacco company that his sons James and Benjamin (1855–1929) took over in the 1880s. In 1885, James Buchanan Duke acquired a license to use the first automated cigarette making machine (invented by James Albert Bonsack), and by 1890, Duke supplied 40 percent of the American cigarette market (then known as pre-rolled tobacco).
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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 ...
Jerry Fincher Hough [pronunciation?] (April 26, 1935 [1] [2] – May 24, 2020) [3] was an American political scientist. Hough was the James B. Duke Professor of Political Science at Duke University and his research focused on domestic American politics, the Soviet Union, the democratization of Russia, and American efforts at nation-building.
In 2006, a party held by the Duke lacrosse team ended in chaos. The 21 most shocking quotes from ESPN's documentary on the Duke lacrosse scandal Skip to main content
James Duke may refer to: James Buchanan Duke (1856–1925), American tobacco and electric power magnate SS James B. Duke a Liberty ship; James A. Duke (1929–2017), ethnobotanist; Sir James Duke, 1st Baronet (1782–1873), British Member of Parliament; Sir James Duke, 2nd Baronet, of the Duke baronets; James "Red" Duke (1928–2015), Houston ...