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Morgan's NoseWhile J. P. Morgan's nose, disfigured and inflamed by a chronic skin disease, was a popular topic of conversation, the subject was not usually broached in Morgan's presence. During a dinner party one evening, however, the banker was addressed by his nervous hostess with the words, "Do you take nose in your tea, Mr. Morgan?"
Morgan, John Pierpont, Sr. (1837-1913) American banker, financier, and patron of the arts,president of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art [noted for his reorganization and dominance of the railroad industry, his consolidation of the U.S. Steel Corporation (1901), his impressive art collection, and his establishment of the Morgan Library in New York City]
[Sources: E. Wagenknecht, American Profile]More John Morgan anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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