Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (29 March 1869–Lisbon, 20 July 1955) was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A philanthropist is someone who devotes his or her time, money, or effort towards helping others. ...

He was born in Scutari, now Üsküdar and part of Istanbul, and educated at King's College, London, where he studied petroleum engineering. Immediately on leaving, he went into the oil business, and was one of the first to open up the Middle East to the trade. He was involved in founding Royal Dutch/Shell, and his habit of retaining five per cent of the shares of the oil companies he developed earned him the nickname, "Mr. Five Per Cent". He was naturalized a British citizen in 1902. Üsküdar (ancient Scutari) was a city in Bithynia in Anatolia. ... Shows the Location of the Province Ä°stanbul Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul; a contraction of Greek εις την πολιν into the city, the former Constantinople, Κωνσταντινούπολις) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ... Kings College London (often abbreviated to KCL) in London is one of the largest colleges in the federal University of London, with 19,500 registered students. ... Look up engineer on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Royal Dutch Shell plc is a major energy company, one of the top four vertically integrated private sector oil, natural gas, and gasoline companies in the world (along with BP, ExxonMobil, and Total). ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Tom is short for Thomas). ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

When Iraq was taken from the Ottoman Empire after World War I, its oil was divided up among the western countries and controlled through the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC). Gulbenkian owned five percent of IPC. Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (the Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Bursa (1335 - 1365), Edirne (1365-1453), İstanbul (Constantinople) (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and... The Iraq Petroleum Company was set up in 1920 as the Turkish Petroleum Company following the defeat and break-up of the Ottoman Empire after World War I and with the shares held by three oil companies, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Shell Oil Company and a French oil company, Compagnie...

Gulbenkian amassed a huge fortune and an art collection which he kept in a private museum at his Paris home. He fled German-occupied France in 1942 and would live until his death in a hotel room in Lisbon. Following his death in 1955, a museum (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) and a charitable foundation were established in Lisbon. The Gulbenkian Foundation is chiefly associated with educational and artistic projects. A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... This article is about the year. ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Museu Calouste Gulbenkian is a museum in Lisbon, Portugal, containing an impressive collection of ancient (and some modern) art. ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ...

External link

• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation