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*[[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]], philanthropist

...elimination of waste remains an important component of American values. [[John D. Rockefeller]] was also an avid supporter of the efficiency movement. In his many phila

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...ra Spelman Rockefeller, the Rockefellers had four daughters and one son ([[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]]). "Junior" was largely entrusted with supervision of the foundation [[Image:John-D-Rockefeller-sen.jpg|thumb|200px|John D. Rockefeller ca. 1875]]

...0th century, the large enterprises put together by [[Andrew Carnegie]], [[John D. Rockefeller]], [[Jay Gould]], [[Russell Sage]] and others were generally known as [[Tru

..., and other industrial goods, as well as the site of the headquarters of [[John D. Rockefeller]]'s [[Standard Oil Company]], at that time the largest oil company in the w

...d States of America|U.S.]]. It was founded by oil magnate and benefactor [[John D. Rockefeller]] and incorporated in 1890; William Rainey Harper became its first presiden

...ton Fish]], [[Henry Ford]], [[John C. Frémont]], [[Herbert Lehman]] and [[John D. Rockefeller]]. The biographies provide in-depth coverage of United States political, ec

...ing, and marketing company in the United States before 1911. Founded by [[John D. Rockefeller]], it became one of the world's earliest, largest and most profitable corpo Standard Oil began as an Ohio partnership formed by [[John D. Rockefeller]], his brother William Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, chemist Samuel Andrews,

...tributed to the rise of super-rich industrialists and financiers such as [[John D. Rockefeller]], [[Andrew Carnegie]] and [[J.P. Morgan]]. Their critics called them "rob ...sylvania oil fields. Kerosene replaced whale oil and candles for lighting. John D. Rockefeller created [[Standard Oil Company]] to consolidate the industry.

...Mark attended the Cleveland Central High School, where he knew the young [[John D. Rockefeller]] and briefly attended Western Reserve College. After working for his fathe

...tation mentioned, by name, President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], oil magnate [[John D. Rockefeller]], Senator [[Mark Hanna]] and other political celebrities. (No real people ...rs what he would do if he ran out of oil. "You wouldn't be as badly off as John D. Rockefeller," the Scarecrow responds, "He'd lose six thousand dollars a minute if that

...to China was kerosene, shipped by the [[Standard Oil Company]], owned by [[John D. Rockefeller]]. China absorbed less than 5% of American exports (most of which went to

...the most notorious of the trusts was the [[Standard Oil Company]]; under [[John D. Rockefeller]] in the 1870s and 1880s it had used economic threats against competitors a

...the [[Rockefeller Foundation]], and served as labour relations adviser to John D. Rockefeller, whose image was tarnished by a bloody strike in Colorado. His solution was

...ers denounced "robber barons," artfully combining crime and aristocracy. [[John D. Rockefeller]] and his [[Standard Oil Company]] were favorite targets.<ref> Roger M. Ol

...coterie of extremely wealthy Americans (among them [[J. P. Morgan]] and [[John D. Rockefeller]]) who personally maintained the solvency of New York banks. Their actions

...ome prominent [[Democratic Party of the United States|Democrats]]). Sen. [[John D. Rockefeller IV]] (D-West Virginia), vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee

...of Economics at the [[University of Chicago]] (founded by the oil magnate John D. Rockefeller) over the past century. Also the term ''"Chicago School"'' may be associate

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