Harry Oakes
Noble person
1874 – 1943
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Who was Harry Oakes?
Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet was an American-born British Canadian gold mine owner, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He earned his fortune in Canada and in the 1930s moved to the Bahamas for tax purposes, where he was murdered in 1943 in notorious circumstances. The cause of death and the details surrounding it have never been entirely determined, and have been the subject of several books and four films.
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- Born
- Dec 23, 1874
Sangerville - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- Education
- Bowdoin College
- Foxcroft Academy
- Lived in
- Maine
- Niagara Falls
- Died
- Jul 7, 1943
Nassau
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on July 23, 2013
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