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Edward Harkness
Edward Stephen Harkness is an American philanthropist. Privately funded and through his family's Commonwealth Fund, Harkness' donations to private hospitals, art museums and educational institutions in the northeastern United States are among the largest in early 1900s century. He has been a major benefactor of Columbia University, Yale University, Harvard University, Phillips Exeter Academy, St. John's School. Paul, Metropolitan Museum of Art and University of St Andrews in Scotland. Harkness inherited his fortune from his father, Stephen V. Harkness, whose wealth was created through an initial investment in Standard Oil, and his brother, Charles W. Harkness. In 1918, he was ranked as the 6th richest person in the United States by Forbes magazine's first "Rich List", after John D. Rockefeller, Henry Clay Frick, Andrew Carnegie, George Fisher Baker and William Rockefeller. .
BornEdward Stephen Harkness, January 22, 1874, Cleveland, Ohio
DiedJanuary 29, 1940
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationSt. Paul's School, Yale College, Columbia Law School
Net worthUS$155 million (1940)
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Mary Stillman
Parent(s)Stephen V. Harkness, Anna M. Richardson (Harkness)
RelativesCharles W. Harkness, brother, Florence, sister, Lamon V. Harkness half brother

About Edward Harkness

Entrepreneur Edward Harkness was born on January 22, 1874 in Ohio, United States (He dies at the age of 66, on January 29, 1940).

Heir to his father's fortune, an American philanthropist.

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Edward Harkness before becoming famous

Edward Harkness was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1874 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He graduated from Yale in 1897 and went on to Columbia Law School, where he earned an LL.D.

Achievement of Edward Harkness

He gave more money to charity than Entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie, the philanthropist.

Edward Harkness's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He married Mary Stillman, a descendant of the Rockefeller dynasty.

Edward Harkness Collabed with

He was a well-known philanthropist, as was Entrepreneur John D. Rockefeller.

Edward Harkness Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Edward Harkness updated on March 18 2023.