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Samuel was born into a family of Baghdadi Jews in Whitechapel, London. His father, also named Marcus Samuel, ran a successful import-export business, M. Samuel & Co., trading with the coalition in the Far East, which Marcus carried on with his brother, Samuel Samuel. M.
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May 22, 2020 · Marcus Samuel was a pioneer in the global shipment of oil, became Lord Mayor of London and died as 1st Viscount Bearsted. The company he founded, Shell, is still a leader in world energy with a corporate identity that attests to its origins in a Jewish shop near the London docks.
Jan 17, 2016 · Marcus 'Baron Bearsted' Samuel invented the tanker and changed oil trading, leading Standard Oil to gripe about 'Hebrew influences'. Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, which would become part of the oil giant Royal Dutch Shell. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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BEARSTED, MARCUS SAMUEL, FIRST VISCOUNT (1853–1927), founder of the Shell Oil Company. Marcus Samuel was educated at Jewish schools in London and Brussels before joining the firm established by his father Marcus Samuel, who had prospered in the Far Eastern trade, principally from selling fancy shells and ornamental shell boxes.
May 3, 2023 · Bearsted; a biography of Marcus Samuel, first viscount Bearsted, and founder of "Shell" Transport and Trading Company : Henriques, Robert David Quixano, 1905-1967 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Feb 8, 2012 · For his role in fueling the Allies in World War I, he was made 1st Baron of Bearsted, and later 1st Viscount of Bearsted. Lord Samuel was known for his incredible devotion to his wife and four children. So much so, in fact, that he died less than 24 hours after the passing of his beloved wife.
Career. Samuel was born into a Jewish family in Whitechapel, London. His father, also Marcus Samuel, ran a successful import-export business, M. Samuel & Co., trading with the Far East, which Marcus carried on with his brother, Samuel Samuel.
