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Birth: | 25th August, 1796 |
Death: | 1st October, 1876 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Businessman, Philanthropist |
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James Lick was born in Fredericksburg, Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an American businessman and philanthropist. His dreams dashed, the furious Lick relocated to Baltimore, where he learned to build pianos, then in 1821 moved to South America to start his own piano manufacturing business. He remained there for twenty-seven years, living first in Buenos Aires, Argentina, then in Valparaiso, Chile, and finally in Lima, Peru. He never married and at his death disposed of the bulk of his fortune in philanthropic endowments. He provided $700,000 for a telescope more powerful than any other in the world.
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