Bradhurst Schieffelin [SEP] place of birth
Bradhurst Schieffelin
Bradhurst Schieffelin (New York City, 21 September 1824 – Staten Island, 9 March 1909) was a United States druggist and activist.
Biography.
He was the son of Henry Hamilton Schieffelin and Maria Teresa (Bradhurst) Schieffelin, and was educated in New York City. He entered the wholesale drug manufacturing concern founded by his grandfather Jacob Schieffelin in 1794. In 1846, he became known as an advocate for equal suffrage for all males in New York. In 1860, he introduced petroleum commercially.
Schieffelin
Schieffelin may refer to:
- Samuel Schieffelin (1811–1900), an American author of religious tracts.
- Bradhurst Schieffelin (1824–1909), an American political activist during the Civil War, who later became a member of the People's Party
- Eugene Schieffelin (1827–1906), responsible for introducing the starling ("Sturnus vulgaris") to North America
- Ed Schieffelin (1847–1897), an Indian scout and prospector who discovered silver in the Arizona Territory, which led to the founding of Tombstone,