John Jacob Astor (originally either Johann Jakob or Johann Jacob ) ( July 17 , 1763 - March 29 , 1848 ) was the first of the Astor family dynasty and the first millionaire in the United States, making his fortune in the fur trade, real estate, and...
An American fur trader, merchant, and capitalist, John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) used his profits from fur trading to invest in a wide range of business enterprises. By the time of his death he was the richest man in America. John Jacob Astor was born in...
Born July 17, 1763 Waldorf, Germany Died March 29, 1848 New York, New York First American immigrant millionaire John Jacob Astor. . "Rogues do their work at...
John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob or Johann Jacob Astor) (July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first millionaire in the United States. He was the creator of the first trust in America, from...
John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire. By Axel Madsen. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. 304 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, $30.00. ISBN 0-471-38503-4. It would be difficult to write a bad biography of John Jacob Astor. His life contained all the...
Guy St. Clair has been nominated for the John Jacob Astor Award in Library Studies and Information Science. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Author or co-author of 14 books and dozens of articles, St. Clair has been an expert in knowledge management for over 40...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer who handled the estate of the late philanthropist and socialite Brooke Astor pleaded innocent on Friday to charges he helped her son plunder her $198 million estate. Francis Morrissey, 65, was indicted on Tuesday along with Astor's son,...
New York's wealthy power brokers united in mourning with its working-class citizens Friday as the city that Brooke Astor loved so dearly bid a bittersweet farewell to the philanthropist and society fixture.Astor's wooden casket sat on the altar inside St. Thomas Church on Manhattan's Fifth...
