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James Walker Tufts
American businessman (–)
James Walker Tufts | |
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| Born | ()February 11, Charlestown, Massachusetts |
| Died | February 3, () (aged66) Pinehurst, North Carolina |
| Occupation | Businessman |
James Walker Tufts (February 11, February 3, ) is known for his founding of Pinehurst, North Carolina and for his development of a successful business in silver plate tableware.
He also founded the Arctic Soda Fountain Co. and eventually merged with A. D. Puffer & Sons (Boston, Massachusetts), John Matthews (New York City, New York), and Charles Lippincott (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) to form the American Soda Fountain Co.
Tufts was the inventor of the Arctic Soda Fountain and was installed as the first president of the merger that formed American Soda Fountain.
Biography
Tufts was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts on February 11, , to Leonard Tufts and Hepzebah Fosdick Tufts.[1] He was "an entrepreneur, inventor, and philanthropi