Samuel Gluckstein (1821–1873)

Samuel Henry Gluckstein (4 January 1821 – 23 January 1873) was the founder of Salmon & Gluckstein tobacco merchants.[1]

Early life

Samuel Henry Gluckstein was born in Rheinberg, Prussia (now Germany) on 4 January 1821, the son of Helena (Horn) and Asher Lehmann Gluckstein.

Career

Samuel Gluckstein left Prussia to come to London, where he established a cigar making factory in the East End.[1]

Personal life

Samuel Gluckstein married Hannah Joseph of Amsterdam, Netherlands (1819–1895), and they had 11 children, four sons and seven daughters.

His sons were

He died on 23 January 1873 in Whitechapel, London.

References

  1. ^ a b c W. Rubinstein; Michael A. Jolles (27 January 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 657. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. Retrieved 25 November 2016.