As soon as he realized that the Titanic had struck an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, John Jacob Astor IV sprung into action. He roused his pregnant wife, told her to put on her warmest ...

In addition to being very close to each other, John Jacob Astor IV was exceptionally close to him as well. The wealthy and powerful Astor has amassed his wealth through various businesses including ...

Johann Jacob Astor worked as a butcher in Walldorf, southeastern Germany, Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard wrote in "The Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor." His ancestors are said to have ...

John Jacob Astor IV went down with the Titanic, but his Stanford White-designed estate in Rhinebeck, New York survives him. Stanford White's great-grandson Sam White has fully restored the place.

Financier John Jacob Astor III, 67, grandson of Astoria’s founder, died unexpectedly on Feb. 22, 1890, in New York, of heart failure. According to The Evening World, America lost its “chief of ...

The trophy was commissioned more than a century ago by Vincent Astor, son of industrialist John Jacob Astor, to be awarded to the winner of the Astor Cup Challenge – a 350-mile race on a 2-mile board ...