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Angier Buchanan Duke
Angier Buchanan Duke (December 8, – September 3, )[1] was a trustee of Duke University from &#;, as well as vice president and president of its Alumni Association.[2]
Early life
Duke was born on December 8, , in Durham, North Carolina.
Cordelia drexel biddle biography
He was the only son of Sarah Pearson (née Angier) Duke (–) and Benjamin Newton Duke, and an heir to the American Tobacco Company fortune.[3] He was the brother of Mary Lillian Duke (who married his wife's brother, Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.),[4] and first cousin to the flamboyant heiress Doris Duke.[5]
Duke attended Durham's Trinity College, the institutional predecessor of Duke University.
Career
After his graduation from Trinity, he went into the family business with his father. He was a member of the Racquet and Tennis Club and the Calumet Club, as well as the Ardsley and Sleepy Hollow Country Clubs.[6]
Personal life
In , he was married to se