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Edward John Noble

1882-08-08 – 1958-12-28

Portrait of Edward John Noble
Edward J. Noble, Undersecretary of Commerce, at the Conference of Latin American retailers. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1., 1939, where representatives of Latin-American governments and United States retailers met today under auspices of the Commerce Department to seek means of increasing western hemisphere trade.Credit: Harris & Ewing, photographer.

Life & Legacy

Edward John Noble (August 8, 1882 – December 28, 1958) was an American broadcasting and candy industrialist originally from Gouverneur, New York. He co-founded the Life Savers Corporation in 1913. He founded the American Broadcasting Company when he purchased the Blue Network in 1943 following the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decree that RCA divest itself of one of its two radio networks.

Occupation & Career

businessperson, industrialist

Education

Syracuse University; Yale University

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Education & Institutions

Syracuse University · Yale University

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q3048626 — wikidata View source

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