Claus Spreckels | |
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| Born | July 9, 1828 |
| Died | December 26, 1908 (aged 80) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Industrialist |
| Known for | Founder of Spreckels Sugar Company |
| Spouse | Anna Christina Mangels (1829-1910) |
| Children | 13, five lived to adulthood: John Diedrich (1853-1926), Adolph Bernard (1857-1924), Claus August (1858-1946), Rudolph (1872-1958), Emma Claudina Spreckels Hutton (1870-1924), Edward (1874-1876) |
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Adolph Claus J. Spreckels[notes 1] (July 9, 1828 – December 26, 1908) was a Prussian Saxony-born major industrialist in Hawai'i during the kingdom, republican, and territorial periods of the islands' history. He also involved himself in several California enterprises, most notably the company that bears his name, Spreckels Sugar Company.
- ^ W.W. Elliott & Co. (1879). Santa Cruz County, California Illustrations descriptive of its scenery..., etc. San Francisco: W.W. Elliott & Co.
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