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Cover Gulbenkian, Calouste Sarkis (1869–1955)

Gulbenkian, Calouste Sarkis (1869–1955)  

Maker: Charles Joseph Watelet

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869–1955) by Charles Joseph Watelet, 1912 by courtesy of the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon

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Gulbenkian, Calouste Sarkis (1869–1955), oil industrialist and benefactor  

R. W. Ferrier

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23 September 2004
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Gulbenkian, Calouste Sarkis (1869–1955), oil industrialist and benefactor, was born in Scutari, adjacent to Constantinople, in Turkey, on 23 March 1869, one of three sons of Sarkis Gulbenkian (d. 1894), a trader in kerosene and a provincial banker. Although he respected his family, ...

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Wakefield, Charles Cheers, first Viscount Wakefield (1859–1941), oil industrialist and philanthropist  

T. A. B. Corley

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Wakefield, Charles Cheers, first Viscount Wakefield (1859–1941), oil industrialist and philanthropist, was born in Liverpool on 12 December 1859, the fourth and youngest son (there were no daughters) of John Wakefield, a customs official, and his wife, Mary, daughter of William Cheers, of ...