John Stewart Kennedy (1830 - 1909) was an American capitalist and philanthropist. He was born near Glasgow in Scotland, received a scant education in school, studied in his spare moments as a clerk, and at 20 was sent to America by a London iron firm, in whose branch house in Glasgow he worked for four years. Then he came again to New York and entered business with Morris K. Jessup. From this partnership he retired in 1867 and from active business in 1883, … Wikipedia
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