Mary Duke Biddle

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Mary Duke Biddle (1887-1960) was an American philanthropist.[1]

Mary Lillian Duke was born on November 16, 1887, the only daughter of Benjamin Newton Duke and his wife, Sara Pearson Angier Duke, and the granddaughter of Washington Duke.[2]

In 1915, Duke married Anthony Drexel Biddle, Jr. The couple had homes in Irvington-on-Hudson and in New York City, across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The couple had two children, daughter Mary Duke Biddle and son [[[Nicholas D. Biddle|Nicholas Duke Biddle]].[3]

On September 14, 1956, The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation was established as a trust under the laws of New York.[4]

Mary Duke Biddle died in 1960.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Mary Duke Biddle: A personal legacy of service, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, accessed 31 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Mary Duke Biddle: A personal legacy of service, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, accessed 31 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Mary Duke Biddle: A personal legacy of service, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, accessed 31 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Mary Duke Biddle: A personal legacy of service, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, accessed 31 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Mary Duke Biddle: A personal legacy of service, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, accessed 31 March 2013.
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