Robert Wood Johnson I

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Robert Wood Johnson I was an American industrialist and co-founder of Johnson & Johnson, helping build it into a major healthcare products company.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
entrepreneur
human
industrialist
activeYears late 19th century to early 20th century
basedIn New Brunswick, New Jersey
burialPlace Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick, New Jersey
child Evangeline Johnson
John Seward Johnson I
Robert Wood Johnson II
coFounded Johnson & Johnson
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1845-02-20
dateOfDeath 1910-02-07
employer Johnson & Johnson
era Gilded Age
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Johnson
fieldOfWork consumer healthcare products
medical devices
pharmaceutical industry
founded Seabury & Johnson
givenName Robert
hasHeritage Welsh-American
headquartersLocatedAt New Brunswick, New Jersey (Johnson & Johnson)
industry healthcare products
medical supplies
pharmaceuticals
languageSpoken English
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOf Johnson family
name Robert Wood Johnson I
notableFor developing mass-produced sterile surgical dressings
pioneering modern antiseptic medical products marketing
notableRelative John Seward Johnson I
Robert Wood Johnson II
notableWork co-founding Johnson & Johnson
occupation business executive
entrepreneur
industrialist
placeOfBirth Carbondale, Pennsylvania
placeOfDeath New Brunswick, New Jersey
positionHeld president of Johnson & Johnson
religion Baptist
residence New Brunswick, New Jersey
sexOrGender male
significantEvent left Seabury & Johnson and co-founded Johnson & Johnson in the 1880s
spouse Evangeline Brewster Armstrong


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