“I desire to set forth, at the very beginning of this Will, as the most important item in it, a confession of my faith in Jesus Christ as my Savior.”
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Henry J. Heinz
Henry John Heinz was an American entrepreneur who co-founded the H. J. Heinz Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was involved in the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. Many of his descendants are known for philanthropy and involvement in politics and public affairs. His fortune became the basis for the Heinz Foundations.
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business · American businessman (1844–1919) · entrepreneur · businessperson · inventor · also Henry J. Heinz, Henry John Heinz, H. J. Heinz, H. J. Heinz I, Heinz
Born 11 October 1844 · Died 14 May 1919 · Q982831
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At the Heinz Company building in Pittsburgh
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1919· 3 entries
Died 1919-05-14.
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“Make all you can honestly ; save all you can prudently ; give all you can wisely.”
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“A wide market awaited the manufacturer of food products who would set purity and quality above everything else in their preparation.”
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1905· 1 entry
With Heinz serving as its first president and retaining that position for the rest of his life
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1896· 1 entry
Though by then, the company was selling more than 60 different products
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1888· 1 entry
Heinz bought out his other two partners and reorganized it as the H
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1844· 1 entry
Born 1844-10-11.
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1840· 1 entry
John Henry emigrated to Birmingham, where he got a job making bricks and then met and married Anna in 1843, who herself had recently emigrated from Kruspis (today a part of Haunetal), Hesse-Kassel
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