Samuel Colgate, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Colgate

American businessman

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1822

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 23-Apr-1897

Profession: businessperson, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Samuel Colgate (March 22, 1822 – April 23, 1897), son of William Colgate, was an American manufacturer and philanthropist, born in New York City.
He became widely known as a soap maker, and the manufactory he built in Jersey City developed into one of the largest establishments of its kind in the world.
He was also prominent in philanthropic work.
For more than 30 years he was trustee of Colgate University, and for many years he was president of the New York Baptist Education Society, president of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and a member of the executive committee of the American Baptist Missionary Union and of the American Tract Society.
One of his most noteworthy achievements was the collection of 30,000 volumes of reports (now at the American Baptist Historical Society), comprising the documentary records of the Baptist denomination.