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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).
David Roland Aers (born 3 October 1946) is a James B. Duke Professor of English, historical theology and religion at Duke University.He has published widely on literature, sacramental culture and ideology in medieval and Renaissance England.
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.
In 1924, Washington Duke's son, James B. Duke, established The Duke Endowment, a $40 million (about $430 million in 2005 dollars) trust fund, some of which was to go to Trinity College. The president thus renamed the school Duke University, as a memorial to Washington Duke and his family. [2]
James B. Duke Professor of History at Duke (1983) Jefferson Lecturer (1976) John Hope Franklin (January 2, 1915 – March 25, 2009) was an American historian of the United States and former president of Phi Beta Kappa , the Organization of American Historians , the American Historical Association , and the Southern Historical Association .
February is Black History Month and we've rounded up 120 inspiring Black History Month quotes from civil rights icons including Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois. These ...
Three years later, he was named Professor of Religious Education at Duke Divinity School, where he served from 1931 to 1963. In 1953 he was named James B. Duke Professor at Duke Divinity School. [2] Smith was known as a critic of liberal Christian trends that engaged in "a little deification of humanity."
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