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William Colgate was born in Hollingbourne, Kent, England, on January 25, 1783, [1] [2] He was the son of Robert Colgate (1758–1826), a farmer and politician, and his wife Sarah (née Bowles). The family moved to a farm near Shoreham when William was six years old. [3]
Colgate is an American brand principally used for oral hygiene products such as toothpastes, toothbrushes, mouthwashes and dental floss. Manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive, Colgate's oral hygiene products were first sold by the company in 1873, sixteen years after the death of the founder, William Colgate. The company originally sold soap.
Also in 1896, Colgate hired Martin Ittner and under his direction founded one of the first applied research labs. [4] By 1908, they initiated mass sales of toothpaste in tubes. Another of William Colgate's sons, James Boorman Colgate, was a primary trustee of Colgate University (formerly Madison University).
Known as "The Colgate Estate", the house was designed by award winning architect J. William Cromwell Jr. for Romulus Riggs Colgate (not that Colgate) and his wife, Susan, in 1903. To add to the ...
William Colgate Eaton (February 4, 1851 – June 1, 1936) was a commodore in the United States Navy and professor of engineering at Madison University (now Colgate University). He was also a noted numismatist and Freemason .
Murphy Oil Soap is an American brand of cleaning product that is manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive. [1] In 1910, Jeremiah Murphy, director of the Phoenix Oil Company, bought the formula for Murphy Oil Soap from a recent immigrant from Germany. The soap, with its potassium vegetable oil base, and no phosphates, proved to be very popular in Ohio.
Biblica was founded December 4, 1809, in New York City as the New York Bible Society by a small group including Henry Rutgers, William Colgate, Theodorus Van Wyke and Thomas Eddy. [1] [2] [3] Biblica experienced its first merger in 1819 when it merged with the New York Auxiliary Bible Society.
William Lipton's return to General Hospital was a welcome surprise — but what inspired the visit to Port Charles? “I was scrolling through my phone and I got a text from two of my favorite ...