He built landmark New York hotels like the Astoria Hotel and the St. Regis. Astor's wife, who was 30 years younger than him, was pregnant aboard the Titanic and survived. John Jacob Astor IV was one ...

Expertly situating his subject's accomplishments in the context of late 18th- and early 19th-century commercial and geopolitical expansion, Madsen (Chanel; Gloria and Joe) weighs in with an absorbing ...

Today is the 262nd birthday of John Jacob Astor, who was born on July 17, 1763, in Walldorf, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He came to New York in 1783 and worked in a butcher ship ...

MR. SMITH, having written of Cornelius Vanderbilt, now turns to John Jacob Astor, who was less spectacular as a person but infinitely more colorful as an American. Both men built great fortunes out of ...

The Panic of 1837 was one of the worst years ever for property values in New York City. Many New Yorkers lost their homes to foreclosure, and so many others were in default on their mortgage payments ...

A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest passenger aboard the Titanic was auctioned in England Saturday for $1.46 million (£1.17 million), breaking the record for an object linked to the 1912 ...

When John Jacob Astor IV died on the Titanic 111 years ago, he was one of the richest people in the world. He built landmark New York hotels like the Astoria Hotel and the St. Regis. Astor's wife, who ...