Victor S. Johnson Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetVictor S. Johnson Sr.
American businessman
Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1882
Place of Birth: Minden, Nebraska, United States
Date of Death: 29-Aug-1943
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Victor S. Johnson Sr.
- Victor Samuel Johnson Sr.
- (February 6, 1882 – August 29, 1943) was an American businessman who founded Aladdin Industries, best known as manufacturers of kerosene mantle lamps. In 1904, he was a bookkeeper and salesman for the Iowa Soap Company in Burlington, Iowa.
- After seeing German kerosene lamp models that were more efficient than American models, he formed the Western Lighting Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1907 and began selling the better lamps.
- On February 27, 1908 he incorporated The Mantle Lamp Company of America. Early in 1909 Johnson introduced the Aladdin lamp, which succeeded beyond all expectations and led to subsequent improved models over the next 40 years. After Johnson's unexpected death in 1943, his son, Victor Samuel Johnson Jr.
- succeeded him and expanded the company.
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