biography
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Brady, James Buchanan
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nickname Diamond Jim Brady
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1856–1917)
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| biography:
| Financier, born in New York City, USA. He worked for the New York Central Railroad, became a salesman of railroad equipment (1879), and in 1888 was the only agent in the USA for the Fox Pressed Steel Car Truck Company of England. Known for living in high style as one of the great Broadway ‘sports’, he wore diamond jewellery estimated at $2 million in value. But he remained a serious businessman, accumulating a large fortune, much of which he gave for urological studies at Johns Hopkins University and New York City Hospital. |
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