John Jacob Astor IV (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864-April 15, 1912) was an American millionaire businessman, real estate builder, inventor, writer, a member of the prominent Astor family and a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish- American War. He died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. John Jacob Astor IV was born on July 13, 1864. John Jacob IV was the great-grandson of John Jacob Astor whose fortune, made in opium, fur trade and real estate, made the Astor family one of the wealthiest families in the U.S. Astor attended St Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and later attended Harvard University.