| Birth: | Jan. 25, 1783 | | Death: | Mar. 25, 1857 | 
Businessman. He became successful in the manufacture of soap, founding what today has become the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Colgate University in Hamilton, Madison County, New York was re-named in 1890 from Madison University for him and his family after they had been involved with the school for a number of decades.
Search Amazon for William Colgate | | | Burial:
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Kings County
New York, USA
Plot: Section 49, Lot 2150 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jul 07, 1998
Find A Grave Memorial# 3121 |
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