Henry Brarens Sloman (28 August 1848 – 24 October 1931) was a businessman and banker based in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, Germany. Around the

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, he was considered a remarkable importer of

saltpetre Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . This alkali metal nitrate salt is also known as Indian saltpetre (large deposits of which were historically mined in India). It is an ionic salt of potassium ions K+ and nitra ...

from his own mines in Chile, and was listed as the richest person in Hamburg.

Life

Henry B. Sloman was born in

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-ea ...

, England, on 28 August 1848 to John and Alaine Sloman. His granduncle Robert Miles Sloman was a shipbuilder and ship owner in Hamburg. When his father had lost all his assets in the

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, he sent Henry and his sister Harriet to wealthy relatives in Hamburg. After absolving an apprenticeship as a locksmith in Hamburg, Henry was encouraged by his friend Hermann Fölsch to emigrate to Chile, with Fölsch's father loaning the journey's costs to Sloman. It was also Hermann Fölsch who arranged for Sloman getting work in

Iquique Iquique () is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. It has a population of 191, ...

where he later acted as director of the Fölsch & Martin company. After 22 years of working for Fölsch & Martin, Sloman established his own saltpetre business in

Tocopilla Tocopilla is a city and commune in the Antofagasta Region, in the north of Chile. It is the capital of the province that bears the same name. Every year Tocopilla celebrates its anniversary on 29 September with a big show the day before, which ...

and returned to Hamburg in 1889 as a wealthy man. In 1912, Sloman was recorded as leading a list of the richest citizens of Hamburg with a net worth of Goldmark 60 million and an annual income of 3 million. In 1924, he founded the bank ''Finanzbank AG'' which developed into ''Sloman Bank KG''. In 1976, it was merged with ''Bankhaus Hardy & Co. GmbH'' to become ''Hardy-Sloman Bank GmbH''. In 1981, the latter was absorbed by ''Deutsche Länderbank'' which is now a part of UBS Germany. In 1922, Sloman commissioned the

Chilehaus The Chilehaus (, "Chile House") is a ten-story office building in Hamburg, Germany. It is located in the Kontorhaus District. It is an exceptional example of the 1920s Brick Expressionism style of architecture. This large angular building is loca ...

(Chile House), a ten-story office building in Hamburg that is notable for its architecture. Henry Sloman died on 24 October 1931 in Hamburg.

Personal life

Henry B. Sloman married Renata Hilliger on 5 February 1881von Marchtaler 1939, p. 209 with whom he had four children: Adelaida (1881–1901), Enrique Juan, Ricardo Federico (1885–1983), and Alfred Herbert (1887–1935).

References

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