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William Vincent Astor (November 15, 1891 – February 3, 1959) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and member of the prominent Astor family. [1] Early life. Called Vincent, he was born in New York City on November 15, 1891.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and William Vincent Astor, known as Vincent Astor, grew up as neighbors in New York’s Dutchess County. From an early age, these two heirs to prominent families were...
When his father John Jacob Astor IV died on the Titanic, Vincent Astor inherited the greatest personal fortune on earth – and the St. Regis Hotel. An undergraduate with little experience of the world, he would soon become one of America’s greatest philanthropists. Words by David Masello
19 gen 2023 · Vincent Astor was a puckish, irrepressible avatar of Memphis at its most distinctive and independent — an icon who made history as he preserved it.
13 mar 2024 · WILLIAM VINCENT ASTOR’S LIFE was one of unenviable isolation and singularly strange circumstances. Literally in the manor born, he arrived into the world in the Fifth Avenue mansion of his grandmother, Caroline Astor, who ruled mercilessly over the Knickerbocracy of Manhattan high society.
18 gen 2023 · Longtime Memphis gay rights activist and author Vincent Astor has died at the age of 69, the Commercial Appeal reported Wednesday.
Vincent Charles Astor, who for decades chronicled and archived the history and experience of LGBT+ people in Memphis and around the mid-South, has died. He was 69.
