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Claus Spreckels
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Claus Spreckels | |
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Born | (1828-07-09)July 9, 1828 Lamstedt, Lower Saxony, Prussian Saxony (now Germany) |
Died | December 26, 1908(1908-12-26) (aged 80) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Industrialist |
Known for | Founder of Spreckels Sugar Company |
Spouse | Anna Christina Mangels (1829-1910) |
Children | 13, five lived to adulthood: John Diedrich (1853-1926), Adolph Bernard (1857-1924), Claus August (1858-1946), Rudolph (1872-1958), Emma Claudina Spreckels Hutton (1870-1924), Edward (1874-1876) |
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Spreckels[notes 1] (July 9, 1828 – December 26, 1908) was a Prussian Saxony-born major industrialist in both San Francisco, and Hawai'i during the kingdom, republican, and territorial periods of the islands' history.
He also involved himself in several California enterprises, most notably the company that bears his name, Spreckels Sugar Company. Spreckels was a slave owner