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Mar 22, 1822 New York City, New York, United States Died on 23 Apr 1897 (aged 75)
American businessman
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About Samuel Colgate
- Samuel Colgate (March 22, 1822 – April 23, 1897), son of William Colgate, was an American manufacturer and philanthropist, born in New York City.
- He became widely known as a soap maker, and the manufactory he built in Jersey City developed into one of the largest establishments of its kind in the world.
- He was also prominent in philanthropic work.
- For more than 30 years he was trustee of Colgate University, and for many years he was president of the New York Baptist Education Society, president of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and a member of the executive committee of the American Baptist Missionary Union and of the American Tract Society.
- One of his most noteworthy achievements was the collection of 30,000 volumes of reports (now at the American Baptist Historical Society), comprising the documentary records of the Baptist denomination.
