Buchanan Duke, known by the nickname "Buck", was born on December 23, 1856, near Durham, North Carolina, to tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist, and benefactor of Duke University, Washington Duke (1820-1905), and his second wife, Artelia Roney.

Business career

Duke's father, Washington, had owned a tobacco company that his sons James and Benjamin (1855-1929)

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