biography
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| lived:
| (1864–1912)
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| biography:
| Financier and inventor, born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, the great-grandson of John Jacob Astor. He built the Astoria section of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1897. He served in the Spanish-American War, and as an inventor designed a bicycle brake and an improved turbine engine. He went down with the Titanic after a notable display of courage and gallantry. |
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