biography
pronunciation:
[gugenhiym]
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| lived:
| (1828–1905)
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| biography:
| Financier, born in Langnau, WC Switzerland. He emigrated to the USA in 1848, where he began as a manufacturer of stove polish, then turned to importing and selling Swiss needlework with his own firm. By 1888 he had shifted his interest to the mining and smelting of metals, forming the Philadelphia Smelting and Refining Co. He had seven sons, who carried on his tradition of business success and generous philanthropy. |
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