Amon G. Carter
American publisher and art collector / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amon Giles Carter Sr. (born Giles Amon Carter; December 11, 1879 ā June 23, 1955) was the creator and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and a nationally known civic booster for Fort Worth, Texas.[1] A legacy in his will was used to create Fort Worth's Amon Carter Museum,[2] which was founded by his daughter, Ruth Carter Stevenson, in January 1961.[3]
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Born | Giles Amon Carter (1879-12-11)December 11, 1879 Crafton, Texas, U.S. |
Died | June 23, 1955(1955-06-23) (aged 75) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
Resting place | Greenwood Memorial Cemetery |
Occupation | Newspaper publisher |
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