Adolphus Williamson Green

Adolphus Williamson Green (January 14, 1843 – March 8, 1917) was an American attorney and businessman. He was the co-founder of the National Biscuit Company (now known as Nabisco, owned by Mondelēz International) in 1898. A year later, in 1899, he was the first person to sell packaged biscuits. He served as the President of the National Biscuit Company from 1905 to 1917.

Early life Adolphus Williamson Green was born on January 14, 1843, in Boston, Massachusetts. His ancestors had immigrated to the United States from Ireland.

Green was educated in Boston public schools, including the Boston Latin School, from which he graduated in 1859. He entered Harvard University in 1859, graduating in 1863.

Career Green started as the principal of a high school in Groton, Massachusetts in 1864. In 1886, he became the attorney of the South Park Commissioners. Later, he was the attorney of the Chicago Board of Trade. by merging forty bakeries across the Midwest. Esther was a philanthropist, attending fundraisers for Barnard College, among other causes.

Six of their children survived to adulthood: a son, John Russell Green, and five daughters: Mrs Orville Browning Carrott (Jane), Mrs Bushrod Brush Howard (Esther Margaret), Mrs Norman Putnam Ream (Mary), Mrs Lucius Pond Ordway Jr. (Josephine), and Mrs Nelson S. Talbott (Elizabeth).

In Chicago, they resided at 4935 Greenwood Avenue. When they moved to New York City, they resided at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. They summered in Europe in 1897. They attended the inauguration ball for the re-election of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905.

Esther predeceased him, dying on October 18, 1912, in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Death and legacy Green died on March 8, 1917. His funeral took place at St. Mary's Church in Greenwich, Connecticut on March 10, 1917. At the time of his death, he was worth US$2,400,000.

The National Biscuit Company, now known as Nabisco, is a subsidiary owned by Mondelēz International.