Irish-American entrepreneur and railroad financier James “Diamond Jim” Buchanan Brady
Published Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 11:05 AM
Updated Thursday, July 22, 2010, 1:31 PM
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"Diamond Jim" Brady became one of the most successful businessmen of late 19th century New York.
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The remainder of Jim’s fortune was divided between New York Hospital and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland, home to the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, which is rated as the best urological institute in the country.
Jim is buried with his parents in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
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