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Samuel Courtauld (industrialist)
1881Mar, 22

Samuel Courtauld (industrialist)

Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
Samuel Courtauld (1793 – 22 March 1881) was a British industrialist who developed his family firm, Courtaulds, to become one of the leading names in the textile business in Britain.

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