For the 250th anniversary of Guinness beer, the company established the Arthur Guinness Fund, which awards funds and mentoring to businesses invested in social reform
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Arthur Guinness
Arthur Guinness was an Irish brewer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. The inventor of Guinness stout, he founded the Guinness Brewery at St. James's Gate in 1759.
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business · Irish brewer (1725–1803) · entrepreneur · philanthropist · also Arthur Guinness, Guinness
Born 1 January 1725 · Died 23 January 1803 · Q454138
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1997· 1 entry
Guinness PLC merged with Grand Metropolitan to form the beverage conglomerate Diageo
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1991· 2 entries
“s date of birth was on 28 September. His gravestone, meanwhile, states that he was 78 years old upon his death in January 1803, making it possible that he was born in 1724 rather than 1725. In August 1742, Guinness”
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That their founder's date of birth was on 28 September
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1855· 1 entry
His youngest son, named Benjamin after his uncle, took over brewery operations
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1824· 1 entry
But left the position after his wife's death
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1811· 1 entry
A bankrupt Edward Guinness fled to the Isle of Man as protection from his debtors
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1809· 1 entry
The same year that he became the Lord Mayor of Dublin
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1808· 2 entries
In 1808, Benjamin and William became full partners in the company, which was renamed Guinness (A., Ben & W.L.) brewers.
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Benjamin and William became full partners in the company, which was renamed Guinness (A
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1803· 2 entries
Died 1803-01-23.
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His son Arthur Guinness II inherited the brewery and all operations
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1725· 1 entry
Born 1725-01-01.
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