James Finlayson (industrialist)
James Finlayson (* probably on August 29, 1772 in Penicuik, Scotland, † probably on 18 August 1852 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish Quaker who contributed significantly to the construction of the Finnish textile industry.
About Finlayson origin nothing certain is known. In 1800 he is said to have emigrated to Russia, where he apparently personal contact with Tsar Alexander I used the court of St. Petersburg, possibly because both shared an affinity for the theology of the Quakers, and was with his support the development of the cotton industry in and around St. Petersburg advance.
On a trip to the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1819, he recognized the potential of the Tammerkoski rapids in the town of Tampere, which was indeed founded in 1779 under Swedish rule, however, had developed only slowly, and gained thanks to the patronage of the Czar a free hand to his plans for the development of this site. In the following years, he oversaw the construction of a huge industrial complex, whose works were driven by water power of the jammed Tammerkoski. First, a wool mill was built in 1828 then a cotton mill and two cotton mills. From Finlayson correspondence with operating in Russia Quäkermissionar Daniel Wheeler shows that Finlayson also called charitable projects such as the establishment of an orphanage to life in Tampere. 1836, shortly before the completion of the six-story main building of the factory, Finlayson sold the site to the contractor, Carl Samuel Nottbeck and the Councilor Adolf smoke, and came back to Scotland in 1838. Named after him Finlayson - terrain developed in the sequel to Finland s most important industrial center, Tampere has been honored as the " Manchester of the North" with the nickname Manse. The textile mill operates today under the Company's name Finlayson Oy Ab
After his return to Scotland disappears without trace Finlayson. He joined after he had sympathized with them for decades, in the company of friends and apparently fell into a financial crisis. He probably died in 1852 in Edinburgh.
- Textile entrepreneur (18th century)
- Textile entrepreneur (19th Century )
- Quaker
- Person ( History of Finland )
- Briton
- Born in the 18th century
- Died in the 19th century
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