Holt, John, 1841-1915
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Birth Date
- 1841-10-31
Death Date
- 1915-06-22
Has Affiliation
- Organization: John Holt and Company
Birth Place
- Lincolnshire (England)
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Sources
- found: The Early years of an African trader, 1962:t.p. (John Holt) introd. (sailed for Africa at age 20 in 1862, founded John Holt & Co. in Liverpool upon his return)
- found: NLC authority file, Dec. 14, 2005(hdg.: Holt, John, 1841-1915)
- found: Bodleian Library website, Collection level description: Papers of John Holt & Company (Liverpool) Ltd., viewed Apr. 8, 2015(b. Oct. 31, 1841 in Garthorpe, Lincolnshire, England; sailed from Liverpool to Fernando Po in 1862; by 1867 had bought the business he was employed at and began trading in his own right; entered the palm oil and kernel trade in 1881, on the Bonny and New Calabar Rivers [Nigeria]; founded John Holt & Company with his brother Jonathan in 1884; following a severe stroke in 1910 he retired to Broughton Grange, Lincolnshire, where he died at age 73, June 22, 1915)
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- 1985-11-18: new
- 2019-02-19: revised
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