Claus Spreckels

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Claus Spreckels was a 19th-century German-American industrialist best known as a powerful "sugar king" who built a vast sugar empire in Hawaii and California.

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instanceOf person
sugar industrialist
birthDate 1828-07-09
birthPlace Kingdom of Hanover NERFINISHED
Lamstedt NERFINISHED
burialPlace Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego County NERFINISHED
businessRegion California NERFINISHED
Hawaii NERFINISHED
Maui NERFINISHED
San Francisco NERFINISHED
child Adolph B. Spreckels NERFINISHED
Claus A. Spreckels NERFINISHED
Emma Spreckels NERFINISHED
John D. Spreckels NERFINISHED
Rudolph Spreckels NERFINISHED
citizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfBirth Germany
countryOfDeath United States NERFINISHED
deathDate 1908-12-26
deathPlace California NERFINISHED
Coronado NERFINISHED
earlyOccupation brewer
grocer
ethnicOrigin German
familyName Spreckels NERFINISHED
founded Spreckels Brothers Commercial Company NERFINISHED
Spreckels Sugar Company NERFINISHED
Spreckelsville plantation on Maui NERFINISHED
Western Sugar Refinery NERFINISHED
givenName Claus NERFINISHED
immigratedTo United States NERFINISHED
immigrationYear 1846
industry sugar industry
name Claus Spreckels NERFINISHED
nickname Sugar King NERFINISHED
notableFor being known as the Sugar King
building a large sugar empire in California
building a large sugar empire in Hawaii
notableProject construction of a major sugar refinery in San Francisco
development of large-scale sugar plantations in Hawaii
occupation entrepreneur
industrialist
sugar manufacturer
politicalInfluence influenced Hawaiian Kingdom politics through sugar interests
residence Coronado NERFINISHED
San Francisco NERFINISHED
spouse Anna Christina Mangels NERFINISHED

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Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States hasNotableBurial Claus Spreckels
subject surface form: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park