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 Asher Lehmann Gluckstein and Helena Horn.

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 Isidore Gluckstein, Montague Gluckstein,[1] Joseph Gluckstein (1856-1930), and Henry Gluckstein (1857-1914).

He died on 23 January 1873 in Whitechapel, London.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
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