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Important People in the Beer World

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Col. Timothy Matlack, Scribe of the "Declaration of Independence" (1736 - 1829)
to Thomas Jefferson. His is the hand that wrote The Declaration of Independence.Timothy Matlack was born in Haddonfield, New Jersey, to Martha Burr and Timothy Matlack, a Quaker merchant and brewer. In...
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Mathias Leininkugel (1808 - 1885)
Theodore J. Hamm (1825 - 1903)
Theodore Hamm Famous memorial BIRTH 14 Oct 1825 Emmendingen, Landkreis Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany DEATH 31 Jul 1903 (aged 77) Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA BURIAL Calvary Cemet...
Charles Albert Weber (1861 - 1927)
Successor to Phoenix Brewing. Assumed control of beer business. The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky 19 Aug 1927 Friday Charles A. Weber Fatally Stricken Central Consumer's President Dies Unexpec...

In this project there are profiles of important people in the world of beer

Arthur Guinness - Irish brewer and the founder of the Guinness Brewery business and family.
Dirick Dicx - Dutch brewmaster of the first brewery in all Americas, installed in Recife, Brazil, 1640.
Gerard Adriaan Heineken - Founder of Heineken brewery.
Hildegard von Bingen, saint - Discovered the medicinal effects of hops (bacteriostatic).
Saint Augustine of Hippo - Considered by the Catholic Church the official patron of brewers
Wilhelm IV "the Steadfast", Duke of Bavaria - Introduced the Reinheitsgebot (purity law) in Bavaria, on April, 23, 1516.
Ambrosius Franciscus Swinkels Founder of the Bavaria Brewery in Lieshout NB Netherlands. Now called Royal Swinkels Family Brewers.