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Charles Louis Fleischmann

Charles Louis Fleischmann
1902 illustration of Fleischmann
Born(1835-11-03)November 3, 1835
DiedDecember 10, 1897(1897-12-10) (aged 62)
Known forFounding Fleischmann Yeast Company
SpouseHenriette Robertson
Children3, including Julius
RelativesChristian R. Holmes II (grandson), Elizabeth Holmes (third great-great-granddaughter)

Charles Louis Fleischmann (November 3, 1835 – December 10, 1897) was a Jewish Hungarian-American manufacturer of yeast who founded Fleischmann Yeast Company.

In the late 1860s, he and his brother Maximilian created America’s first commercially produced yeast, which revolutionized baking in a way that made today's mass production and consumption of bread possible.


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