William Henry Low
American merchant
About William Henry Low
Lived 1795 – 1834 (aged 38–39). William Henry Low was an American.
William Henry Low (1795 – March 22, 1834) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, and trader from Salem, Massachusetts, who was one of the American pioneers of the Old China Trade. In 1828, having settled in Canton, China, Low was admitted as a partner of the Russell & Co. trading company, as a replacement chosen by founding partner Philip Ammidon. Senior partner of the firm, he retired in 1833 after having recruited his nephew, Abiel Abbot Low, and died in the Cape of Good Hope the following year; while returning home in the company of his wife and niece, the diarist Harriet Low
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Who was William Henry Low?
American merchant
When was William Henry Low born?
William Henry Low was born in 1795.
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William Henry Low died on 22 March 1834.
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William Henry Low was American.
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