Born in Liverpool, England, Daniel Willis James is notable as an American industrialist and philanthropist. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phelps-Dodge Corporation | |||
| El Paso and Southwestern Railroad | 1888 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1881/10/00 | James Temperance Fountain is dedicated. Created by German sculptor Karl Adolph Donndorf using his wife and children as models, the bronze sculpture illustrates charity and the gift of water. The granite for the stepped base was imported from Sweden. | Benefactor | Union Square Park | New York City | |||
| 1900/05/30 | The James Library, a gift to the people of Madison from philanthropist D Willis James, opens. A working 1899 Seth Thomas clock remains in the tower. | Benefactor | Museum of Early Trades and Crafts | Madison | |||
| 1907/09/13 | Daniel Willis James dies at the Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. | Died | Mount Washington Hotel | Carroll |
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