
Washington Duke
Confederate Navy officer, businessman, philanthropist and tobacco industry executive

Confederate Navy officer, businessman, philanthropist and tobacco industry executive
Washington Duke (December 18, 1820 – May 8, 1905) was an American tobacco industrialist and philanthropist. During the American Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate States Navy. In 1865, Duke founded the W. Duke, Sons & Co., a tobacco manufacturer that would be merged with other companies to form conglomerate American Tobacco Company in 1890.
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