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'''Bernhard Baron''' ([[1850]]-[[1929]]) was a [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[cigarette]]-manufacturer and [[philanthropist]]. He was born at [[Brest-Litovsk]] (modern [[Belarus]]), in poor circumstances, and brought up among the [[Don Cossacks]] at [[Rostov]]. His father took him to the [[United States]] when young; and there, after working at a [[tobacco]] [[factory]], he began making the newly popularised cigarettes by hand. He [[invention|invented]] a cigarette-making machine which he brought to [[England]] and sold for £160,000. With this money he bought the tobacco business of Mme. Carrera <!--not sure what/who that means--> in [[1903]]. |
'''Bernhard Baron''' ([[1850]]-[[1929]]) was a [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[cigarette]]-manufacturer and [[philanthropist]]. He was born at [[Brest-Litovsk]] (modern [[Belarus]]), in poor circumstances, and brought up among the [[Don Cossacks]] at [[Rostov]]. His father took him to the [[United States]] when young; and there, after working at a [[tobacco]] [[factory]], he began making the newly popularised cigarettes by hand. He [[invention|invented]] a cigarette-making machine which he brought to [[England]] and sold for £160,000. With this money he bought the tobacco business of Mme. Carrera <!--not sure what/who that means. Partial reply: presumably her family owned the Carreras Building, a huge former tobacco factory in Camden Town, London.--> in [[1903]]. |
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In the later years of his life, he engaged in [[charity]] on a grand scale, contributing over three-quarters of a million pounds to [[hospital]]s, as well as endowing a [[trust]] for the benefit of hospital and [[mental hospital|asylum]] patients. Despite these activities, his fortune, on his death at [[Brighton]], amounted to £5 millions. |
In the later years of his life, he engaged in [[charity]] on a grand scale, contributing over three-quarters of a million pounds to [[hospital]]s, as well as endowing a [[trust]] for the benefit of hospital and [[mental hospital|asylum]] patients. Despite these activities, his fortune, on his death at [[Brighton]], amounted to £5 millions. |
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Revision as of 14:33, 13 June 2006
Bernhard Baron (1850-1929) was a Jewish cigarette-manufacturer and philanthropist. He was born at Brest-Litovsk (modern Belarus), in poor circumstances, and brought up among the Don Cossacks at Rostov. His father took him to the United States when young; and there, after working at a tobacco factory, he began making the newly popularised cigarettes by hand. He invented a cigarette-making machine which he brought to England and sold for £160,000. With this money he bought the tobacco business of Mme. Carrera in 1903.
In the later years of his life, he engaged in charity on a grand scale, contributing over three-quarters of a million pounds to hospitals, as well as endowing a trust for the benefit of hospital and asylum patients. Despite these activities, his fortune, on his death at Brighton, amounted to £5 millions.
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