Editing Vincent Astor (section)

==Early life==
Called Vincent, he was born in [[New York City]] on November 15, 1891. Astor was the elder child of [[John Jacob Astor IV]], a wealthy businessman and inventor, and his first wife, [[Ava Lowle Willing]], an heiress from [[Philadelphia]].

He graduated in 1910 from [[St. George's School (Rhode Island)|St. George's School]] in [[Middletown, Rhode Island]], and attended [[Harvard College]] from 1911 to 1912, leaving school without graduating.<ref>Harvard's Military Record in the World War. page 46.</ref> In 1912 Vincent Astor's father, John Jacob Astor IV died on the ''Titanic'' and left him the biggest fortune at that time and made Vincent Astor one of the richest people in the world.<ref>{{cite news |title=Noted Men On The Lost Titanic. Col. Jacob Astor, with His Wife. Isidor Straus and Wife, and Benj. Guggenheim Aboard. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1912/04/16/archives/noted-men-on-the-lost-titanic-col-jacob-astor-with-his-wife-isidor.html |quote=Following are sketches of a few of the well-known persons among the 1,300 passengers on the lost Titanic. The fate of most of them at this time is, of course, not known. Colonel John Jacob Astor and Mrs. Astor, [[Isidor Straus]] and Mrs. Straus, [[J. Bruce Ismay]], Managing Director of the White Star Line: [[Benjamin Guggenheim]], and [[Frank D. Millet]], the artist, are perhaps the most widely known of the passengers. ... . |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 16, 1912 |access-date=December 10, 2013}}</ref><ref name=esjjacol>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cEssAAAAIBAJ&pg=6166%2C3485431 |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald |location=South Carolina |agency=Associated Press |title=Col. John Jacob Astor left estate worth $86,966,611 |date=June 14, 1913 |page=1}}</ref>