| 词条 | Reese J. Llewellyn |
| 释义 |
| name = Reese J. Llewellyn | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Reese James Llewellyn | birth_date = 30 August 1862[1] | birth_place = Llangiwg, Glamorganshire, Wales[2] | death_date = 15 December 1936 (aged 64) | death_place = New York City, U.S. | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = | employer = | occupation = Businessman | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }} Reese James Llewellyn (30 August 1862 – 15 December 1936) was a Welsh-American businessman. He was the co-founder and president of Llewellyn Iron Works, a company based in Los Angeles, which provided iron works and steel for the construction of buildings in Southern California, the Western United States, Mexico, and South America. Early lifeLlewellyn was born in the parish of Llangiwg near Neath in Glamorganshire, Wales, the third of six sons born to David and Hannah Llywellyn. His father was an engineer and fitter at an iron works.[2][3][4] He emigrated to the United States, first settling in San Francisco, California.[5] CareerLlewellyn was the co-founder of Llewellyn Bros with his brothers in Los Angeles, California in 1889.[6] Llewellyn served as its president, while his brother William was vice president and his other brother David was secretary.[6] The firm provided the ironwork inside the Bradbury Building in Los Angeles in the early 1890s.[7] By 1905, it had provided ironwork and steel work in Southern California, but also in Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico as well as abroad in Mexico and South America.[6] Many skyscrapers in Los Angeles were built with steel from the firm.[6] In 1929, the company merged with the Consolidated Steel Corporation.[5] Additionally, Llewellyn served as the president of the Helsby Red Sandstone Company in 1895.[8] He also served on the board of directors of the Home Savings Bank of Los Angeles in 1905.[9] Civic lifeLlewellyn was a member of the Business Men's Association of Los Angeles, alongside businessmen Walter Newhall, Frank Hicks, John H. Norton, Hancock Banning, Joseph Schoder, James Cuzner, H. E. Graves, and William Lacy.[10] Together, they opposed the closing of saloons in 1905.[10] By the 1920s, Llewellyn served as the vice president of the Better America Federation for Los Angeles County.[11] DeathLlewellyn had a stroke on an ocean liner called Santa Barbara between Valparaíso and New York City, where he died in 1936.[12] References1. ^U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 {{DEFAULTSORT:Llewellyn, Reese J.}}2. ^1 1871 Wales Census 3. ^1880 United States Federal Census 4. ^{{cite news|title=Blythe's Nativity.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/27578713/?terms=%22reese%2Bllewellyn%22|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=November 21, 1889}} 5. ^1 {{cite news|title=Pioneer Business Man of L. A. Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/49276079/?terms=%22reese%2Bllewellyn%22|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=The San Bernardino County Sun|date=December 17, 1936|page=5|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=Industrial. Llewellyn Iron Works.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/76678696/?terms=%22reese%2Bllewellyn%22|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=The Los Angeles Herald|date=September 3, 1905|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes|page=12}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Llewellyn Bros.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/80577680/?terms=%22reese%2Bllewellyn%22|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=The Los Angeles Herald|date=October 10, 1893}} 8. ^{{cite news|title=Annual Meeting|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/27593132/?terms=%22reese%2Bllewellyn%22|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=January 7, 1895|page=8|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 9. ^{{cite news|title=Home Savings Bank|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/76670587/?terms=%22reese%2Bllewellyn%22|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=The Los Angeles Herald|date=January 1, 1905|page=25|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 10. ^1 {{cite news|title=Business Men To Fight Ordinance. Will Oppose Closing of Saloons. Campaign Committee Named. Entire City Will Be Polled and Determined Opposition Made Against Adoption of "No-Saloon" Measure.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/76673194/?terms=%22reese%2Bllewellyn%22|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=The Los Angeles Herald|date=May 16, 1905|page=12|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 11. ^{{cite journal|last1=Layton|first1=Edwin|title=The Better America Federation: A Case Study of Superpatriotism|journal=Pacific Historical Review|date=May 1961|volume=30|issue=2|pages=137–147|doi=10.2307/3636698|jstor=3636698|registration=yes}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=L. A. Industrialist Dies in New York|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/130333202/?terms=%22reese%2Bllewellyn%22|accessdate=May 15, 2016|work=Oakland Tribune|date=December 16, 1936|page=7|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 7 : 1862 births|1936 deaths|Welsh emigrants to the United States|People from San Francisco|Businesspeople from Los Angeles|Deaths from cerebrovascular disease|People from Glamorgan |
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