Category: The March of the Roller Mill 1850-1920

John Figgis Morton (1872-1958)

or Mr Hovis and the triumph of advertising brown bread Hovis is a distinctive brand of brown bread.  However, it...

Willard Garfield Weston (1898-1978)

Name: Willard Garfield Weston   Birth: 26 February 1898, Toronto, Canada. Death: 22 October 1978, Toronto, Canada. Occupation: Biscuit manufacturer; Businessman; Mill-Owner. Notable Accomplishments: Worked...

William Watson Ogilvie (1835-1900)

Name: William Watson Ogilvie Birth: 15 February 1835 in Montreal, Canada. Death: 12 January 1900 in Montreal, Canada. Education: Attended the High School of...

Cadwallader Colden Washburn (1818-1882)

Name: Cadwallader Colden Washburn Birth: April, 1818, Livermore, Maine. Death: May 1882, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Education: Attended the district school but was otherwise...

Charles A Pillsbury (1842-1899)

Name: Charles Alfred Pillsbury. Birth: 3 October 1842 in Warner, New Hampshire. Death: 17 September 1899 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Education: He attended a village...

Joseph Rank (1854-1943)

Birth: 28 March 1854 in Hull, England. Death: 13 November 1943 in Surrey, England. Education: Went to a small private school at Swinefleet...

Henry Simon (1835-1899)

Birth: 7 June 1835 in Brieg, Silesia. Death: 22 July 1899 in Manchester, England. Education: Engineering diploma from the Swiss Federal Technical College...

William Dixon Gray (1843-1920)

Birth: 22 July 1843 in Lauder, Scotland. Death: January 1920 in Milwaukee. Education: His family moved to Canada and from the age of...

Gustav Daverio (1839-1899)

Birth: 20 July 1839 in Milan. Death: 5 June 1899 in Zurich. Education: Attended the Technical School at Basle and the Polytechnic School...

James Harrison Carter (1840-1906)

Birth: 1840 in Brighton. Death: 22 April 1906 in Worthing. Education: Educated in a private school at Lewes. Served an apprenticeship at a...

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