About Robert Winship
Lived 1834 – 1899 (aged 64). Robert Winship was an American businessperson.
Robert Winship (September 27, 1834 in Forsyth, Georgia – September 8, 1899) was a prominent 19th century Atlanta businessman who built his fortune on the Winship Machine Company, originally built up by his father. Foundry Street in the Luckie Marietta district of Downtown Atlanta is named for Winship's foundry.
Winship had his mansion in the Inman Park neighborhood of Atlanta.
His daughter, Emily Carolyn Winship, would marry prominent businessman Ernest Woodruff. Winship's grandson, Robert Winship Woodruff, after whom Downtown Atlanta's Woodruff Park is named, would run The Coca-Cola Company.
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Who was Robert Winship?
American businessman
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Robert Winship was born on 27 September 1834.
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Robert Winship died on 8 September 1899.
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Robert Winship was a businessperson.
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Robert Winship was American.
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