Claus Spreckels

E830272
person sugar industrialist

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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Claus Spreckels canonical 1

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Predicate Object
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