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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. [1]
Jun 28, 2024 · Feb. 6, 1929, Phoenix, Ariz. (aged 75) 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. During his college days at the University of ...
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Description. Frederick T. Gates played an essential role in creating modern institutional philanthropy. Frederick Gates (1853-1929) was born in Broome County, New York. The son of a schoolteacher who read medicine and later became an ordained Baptist Minister, Gates spent the first fourteen years of his life in small villages and towns in New York.
The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The foundation was created by Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller ("Senior") and son "Junior", and their primary business advisor, Frederick Taylor Gates, on May 14, 1913, when its charter was granted by New York.
Jan 29, 2024 · 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 to the major oil industrialist John D. Rockefeller, Sr., from 1891 to 1923.
Frederick T. Gates. Frederick T. Gates, 1921. PD. By the early 1890s, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. had devised one of the world's most brilliant and sophisticated systems to make money. But when it ...
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Summarize this article for a 10 year old. 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.
