George Edward King (November 3, 1851,

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- Mar 1934, Atlanta) was a prominent

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hardware mogul. He made his fortune building up the King Hardware Company. He bought up at least four major competitors from the first decade of the 1900s through the 1920s. King had his mansion in the

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neighborhood of Atlanta.

References

Franklin M. Garrett, ''Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s''
{{DEFAULTSORT:King, George Edward 1851 births 1934 deaths Businesspeople from Atlanta