John Purdue
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About
American industrialist from Lafayette, Indiana, who was the primary and original benefactor of Purdue University. He requested that Purdue university be located in Battle Ground and that his named was associated with it.
Before Fame
He worked as a school teacher around Ohio and possibly in Michigan.
Trivia
He opened a dry goods business in Lafayette in 1839.
Family Life
He never married and had no heirs.
Associated With
He funded Purdue University, where comedian Jim Gaffigan studied.
