William Colgate

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business enterprise businessperson entrepreneur industrialist multinational consumer goods company person

William Colgate was a 19th-century English-American soap and candle manufacturer whose business ventures laid the foundation for what became the global consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business enterprise → businessperson → entrepreneur → industrialist → multinational consumer goods company → person → person →
country	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1783-01-25 →
dateOfDeath	1857-03-25 →
era	19th century →
ethnicOrigin	English →
familyName	Colgate →
fieldOfWork	candle industry → consumer goods → soap industry →
founded	Colgate & Company →
givenName	William →
hasChild	Samuel Colgate →
hasPart	Colgate-Palmolive (as successor company) →
headquartersLocation	New York City, New York, United States →
industry	consumer products → personal care products → soap manufacturing →
knownFor	continuing and expanding Colgate & Company → founding the company that became Colgate-Palmolive → pioneering mass-produced soap in the United States →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
movement	philanthropy →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableAchievement	establishing a successful soap and candle manufacturing firm in early 19th-century New York →
notableIdea	support for Christian education →
notableWork	development of a soap and candle manufacturing business in New York → founding of Colgate & Company →
occupation	businessman → businessman → candle manufacturer → soap manufacturer →
placeOfBirth	Hollingbourne, Kent, England →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States →
religion	Baptist →
residence	New York City, New York, United States →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Colgate-Palmolive →	foundedBy
William Colgate ("Samuel Colgate") →	hasChild