biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1897–1978)
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| biography:
| Businessman and philanthropist, born in Pittson, Pennsylvania, USA. He made a fortune through selling cheap life insurance policies, and expanded into real estate, becoming the largest landowner in Florida. He left most of his wealth to the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation, famous for making grants to ‘geniuses’ for prolonged independent projects. |
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