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Radio 4,06 May 2005,30 mins

John D Rockefeller

Great Lives

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Martin Smith, the Chairman of English National Opera proposes John D Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil; a man who was both simultaneously incredibly rich, extremely hated and a great philanthropist. Francine Stock presents.

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