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John D. Rockefeller   /dʒɑn di rˈɑkəfˌɛlər/   Listen
John D. Rockefeller

noun
1.
United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937).  Synonyms: John Davison Rockefeller, Rockefeller.






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"John D. Rockefeller" Quotes from Famous Books



... success in consolidating economic power now raises the question as to whether democracy under such conditions can survive. For the old military type of Western leaders like George Rogers Clark, Andrew Jackson, and William Henry Harrison have been substituted such industrial leaders as James J. Hill, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie. ...
— The Frontier in American History • Frederick Jackson Turner

... the most notable of these gifts were those by Mr. Carnegie for the establishment of the Carnegie Institution and the Carnegie Foundation, and the contribution to the General Education Board by John D. Rockefeller. In 1902 the Carnegie Institution at Washington was established by a gift of $10,000,000 by Andrew Carnegie. This sum he afterward increased to $25,000,000. The work of the institution is to carry on scientific study and research. Material is being collected for the ...
— History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6) • E. Benjamin Andrews

... would be if we could at least prolong certain lives—great writers like H. G. Wells and Conrad, great artists, great doctors. But in practice, the men who would get hold of this would be John D. Rockefeller and W. J. Bryan. The rich uncle would walk in and tell his hopeless heirs he had been to see Steinach. Senators would live forever. The world would grow harder ...
— The Goat-gland Transplantation • Sydney B. Flower



Words linked to "John D. Rockefeller" :   altruist, philanthropist, industrialist



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