biography
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Gulbenkian, Calouste (Sarkis)
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pronunciation:
[gulbengkian]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1869–1955)
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| biography:
| Financier, industrialist, and diplomat, born in Scutari, NW Turkey. He entered his father's oil business in 1888, and became a naturalized British subject in 1902. After a lifetime of oil deals between Europe, the USA, and the Arab countries, he left $70 million and vast art collections to finance an international Gulbenkian Foundation. |
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