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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



... appreciated that the far-reaching and statesman-like efforts of these two boards for general education in the South, under the guidance of the two gentlemen named, and with the cooperation and assistance of such men as Mr. George Foster Peabody, Dr. Wallace Buttrick, Mr. John D. Rockefeller, of the North, and Mr. Edgar Gardner Murphy, Chancellor Hill, Dr. Alderman, Dr. McIver, Dr. Dabney, and others of the South, will have furnished the material for one of the brightest and most encouraging chapters in the history of our country. The fact that we ...
— The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue • Various

... the Grace of God, goes ——'' Because the phrase might as well be used in contemplation of John D. Rockefeller or Augustus John or Charlie Chaplin or a man with a wooden leg. I do not ask that you should pity these women with whom I have to deal, still less that you should contemn them. Something between the two will serve. I write the book because I am interested in crime myself, and in the hope that you'll ...
— She Stands Accused • Victor MacClure



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



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