Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Joseph Fels (1853-1914) was an American soap manufacturer, millionaire, and philanthropist. Born of German Jewish immigrants in Halifax County, Virginia, Fels moved with his family to Baltimore in 1866; by 1876 he'd assumed control of a soap manufacturing company based in Philadelphia, and brought two of his brothers in as partners shortly after. One of them, Samuel Simeon Fels, became president of the firm.. }
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- Joseph_Fels comment "Joseph Fels (1853-1914) was an American soap manufacturer, millionaire, and philanthropist. Born of German Jewish immigrants in Halifax County, Virginia, Fels moved with his family to Baltimore in 1866; by 1876 he'd assumed control of a soap manufacturing company based in Philadelphia, and brought two of his brothers in as partners shortly after. One of them, Samuel Simeon Fels, became president of the firm.".