biography
| name: |
Juilliard, Augustus D
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pronunciation:
[jooliah(r)d]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1836–1919)
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| biography:
| Businessman, born at sea to French immigrants. A wealthy New York cotton merchant, he bequeathed $20 million to aid the development of music in the USA. The resulting Juilliard Music Foundation established the Juilliard School of Music in New York in 1905. |
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