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| Harkness, Edward Stephen |
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| 18741940, American philanthropist, b. Cleveland. He inherited a fortune from his father, a partner of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. His extensive philanthropies, many of them anonymous, were extended especially to colleges, hospitals, and museums. He served as president of the Commonwealth Fund. | 1 | | See biography by J. W. Wooster (1949). | 2 |
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