Businessmen Edward L. Doheny

Edward L. Doheny

Living place: Fond Du Lac

Birthday: 10-8-1856

Global rank: #73353

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Who is Businessmen Edward L. Doheny?
Oil magnate who developed the city of Los Angeles oil fields, starting with the Southern California oil boom in the 1900s.
He bought a sizable fortune during the Los Angeles oil boom, and he became a famous philanthropist, giving his 22-year-old mansion room Mount St. Mary.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He worked for the United States Geological Survey, looked at soil in Kansas, and then did his own surveys with little success in South Dakota and the Western Territories.

Family life info

He was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, to Patrick Doheny, an immigrant from Ireland during the Great Famine.

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He was one of the inspirations for Upton Sinclair's oil novel! , which in turn inspired the movie There Will Be Blood from 2007.

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When was Businessmen Edward L. Doheny born?
Edward L. Doheny was born in 10-8-1856, death year is , at the age of 168.
Where is Businessmen Edward L. Doheny's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Edward L. Doheny was born in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin- United States. is a Businessmen, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Edward L. Doheny's global rank is 73353 and whose rank is 1031 in list of famous Businessmen.
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Events in 1856 and 10-8

Birthday Edward L. Doheny (10-8) in history

  • Day 10-8 year 1821: Missouri became the 24th state in the United States.
  • Day 10-8 year 1846: The Smithsonian Institution was established in Washington, D.C., from funds left by British scientist James Smithson.
  • Day 10-8 year 1921: Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio at his summer home on Campobello island.
  • Day 10-8 year 1944: U.S. forces seized Guam from Japan.
  • Day 10-8 year 1948: Candid Camera with Allen Funt debuted on television.
  • Day 10-8 year 1988: President Reagan signed a bill that awarded $20,000 to each survivor of the Japanese-American internment.
  • Day 10-8 year 1993: Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female U.S. Supreme Court justice.
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