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1892–1976, American business executive, one of the richest men in the world during his life, b. Minneapolis, Minn. He inherited his father’s oil b...
(py r sämü l´ dü pôN d n m r´) (KEY) , 1739–1817, French economist, one of the physiocrats. Early in his career he attracted the attention of...
1837–1923, American military engineer, b. Robertville, S.C., grad. West Point, 1857. He is best known as the author of a book on parliamentary law, ...
1871–1950, English financier. He was governor of the Bank of England from 1920 to 1944, a tenure of office that broke all tradition. He long favored...
(h v´ m ´´y r) (KEY) , 1847–1907, American industrialist, b. New York City. He inherited large family interests in sugar refining and, with his b...
1848–1919, American-British financier, b. New York City, educated in Germany and in Italy and at the Columbia law school; son of John Jacob Astor (1...