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Jun 28, 2024 · Frederick T. Gates (born July 2, 1853, Maine, N.Y., U.S.—died Feb. 6, 1929, Phoenix, Ariz.) was an American philanthropist and businessman, a major figure in the Rockefeller interests, who spearheaded the endowment drive that created the University of Chicago.
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Frederick Taylor Gates (July 22, 1853, Maine, Broome County, New York – February 6, 1929, Phoenix, Arizona) was an American Baptist clergyman, educator, and the principal business and philanthropic advisor to the major oil industrialist John D. Rockefeller, Sr., from 1891 to 1923.
Frederick Taylor Gates born July 2, 1853 in Maine, Broome County, NY, married, first, June 28, 1882 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY, Lucia Fowler Perkins, daughter of John Henry Hobart and Mary Emma (Tindall) Perkins.
Jul 21, 2021 · Frederick Taylor Gates died in 1929, while his wife Emma Cahoon Gates lived until 1934, The New York Times reported. They had seven children , according to his autobiography “Chapters in My Life,” none of whom were named William or Mary.
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Frederick T. Gates, 1922 Courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center Frederick Taylor Gates (1853-1929) was an American Baptist clergyman, educator, and the principal business and philanthropic advisor.. more »
Sep 27, 2022 · Fred died on the 6th of Feb 1929 in Phoenix, Arizona of pneumonia and acute appendicitis. Frederick T. Gates was born in a country farmhouse and spent his childhood years in central New York towns where his father was minister to small parishes. When he was fourteen, the family moved to Kansas.
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Gates also served as Trustee of the General Education Board from 1902-1928, and Chairman of the Board 1907-1917, and was Chairman of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease from 1909-1914. Frederick T. Gates died in 1929 in Phoenix, Arizona. Source: Rockefeller Archive Center.
