Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for John D. Rockefeller across 5 places, from 1851 to 1937.
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John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American businessman and philanthropist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where John D. Rockefeller was documented, and when
1851year
Moravia (village), New Yorkattested“He later stated, "From the beginning, I was trained to work, to save, and to give." When he was a boy, his family moved to Moravia, New York, and to Owego, New York, in 1851, where he attended Owego Academy.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1851year
Owego (village), New Yorkattested“He later stated, "From the beginning, I was trained to work, to save, and to give." When he was a boy, his family moved to Moravia, New York, and to Owego, New York, in 1851, where he attended Owego Academy.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1851year
Moraviaattested“He later stated, "From the beginning, I was trained to work, to save, and to give." When he was a boy, his family moved to Moravia, New York, and to Owego, New York, in 1851, where he attended Owego Academy.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1901year
New York Cityattested“In 1901, he founded the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York City.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
23 May 1937exact date
Ormond Beach, Floridaattested“Rockefeller died of arteriosclerosis on May 23, 1937, less than two months shy of his 98th birthday, at "The Casements", his home in Ormond Beach, Florida.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
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1853year
Clevelandmentioned“In 1853, his family moved to Strongsville, Ohio, and he attended Cleveland's Central High School, the first high school in Cleveland and the first free public high school west of the Alleghenies.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1853year
Strongsville, Ohiomentioned“In 1853, his family moved to Strongsville, Ohio, and he attended Cleveland's Central High School, the first high school in Cleveland and the first free public high school west of the Alleghenies.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
September 1855month
Clevelandmentioned“In September 1855, when Rockefeller was sixteen, he got his first job as an assistant bookkeeper working for a small produce commission firm in Cleveland called Hewitt & Tuttle.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1866year
Clevelandmentioned“In 1866, William Rockefeller Jr., John's brother, built another refinery in Cleveland and brought John into the partnership.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1868year
New York Citymentioned“By 1868, with Rockefeller continuing practices of borrowing and reinvesting profits, controlling costs, and using refineries' waste, the company owned two Cleveland refineries and a marketing subsidiary in New York; it was the largest oi…”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1880year
New York Citymentioned“By 1880, according to the New York World, Standard Oil was "the most cruel, impudent, pitiless, and grasping monopoly that ever fastened upon a country".”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1882year
Manhattanmentioned“The National Petroleum Exchange opened in Manhattan in late 1882 to facilitate the trading of oil futures.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1884year
Atlantamentioned“In 1884, Rockefeller provided major funding for Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary in Atlanta for African-American women.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1890year
Ormond Beach, Floridamentioned“Henry Morrison Flagler, one of the co-founders of Standard Oil along with Rockefeller, bought the Ormond Hotel in 1890, located in Ormond Beach, Florida, two years after it opened.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1900year
University of Chicagomentioned“Rockefeller gave $80 million (~$ in ) to the University of Chicago under William Rainey Harper, turning a small Baptist college into a world-class institution by 1900.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1905year
United Statesmentioned“He would describe the University of Chicago as "the best investment I ever made." He also gave a grant to the American Baptist Missionaries foreign mission board, the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society in establishing Central Phili…”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
1918year
Ormond Beachmentioned“Rockefeller liked the Ormond Beach area so much that after four seasons at the hotel, he bought an estate in Ormond Beach called The Casements in 1918.”source: Wikipedia: John D. Rockefeller
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