Edward Harkness

Edward Harkness

entrepreneur

BIRTHDAY January 22, 1874
BIRTH SIGN Aquarius
BIRTHPLACE Ohio
AGE ? years old
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ABOUT EDWARD HARKNESS

American philanthropist who inherited his fortune from his father.

He was a member of Yale's 1897 graduating class and also received an LL.D from Columbia Law School.

He donated more money to charitable causes than philanthropist Andrew Carnegie .

He married Mary Stillman, a woman with close ties to the Rockefeller family.

He and John D. Rockefeller were both well-known philanthropists.