John Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt

Date: 9 Apr 1926
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

John Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt

John Davidson Rockerfeller was an industrialist and a philanthropist who founded the Standard American Oil Company. Rockefeller family is one of the richest families in the world and are said to be wealthier than some countries. On 9 April 1926 Rockefeller donated $ 10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt. The family has carried on the legacy of Philanthropy with the Rockefeller Foundation spending millions towards Universities, Health care and Schools in the US and across the globe.

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01Rockerfeller Archive Centre, John D Rockefeller, 1839 – 1937 ,[online] Available at: www.rockarch.org [Accessed: 8 April 2014]
02Biography John D. Rockefeller, [online] Available at: www.biography.com [Accessed: 8 April 2014]

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South African History Online. (2013, April 5). John Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095385

South African History Online (2013) 'John Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt ', South African History Online, 5 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095385 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

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"John Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt ." South African History Online, 5 Apr. 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095385. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "John Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt ." South African History Online. April 5, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095385.