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Ernest Alfred Adams

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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2013}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2013}}Ernest Alfred Adams {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=85%}} (23 November 1892 – 29 August 1976) was a New Zealand baker, businessman and philanthropist. He was born in Wellington, Somerset, England.^[1] He co-founded Ernest Adams Limited.^[2]

Biography

Adams was educated at Devon County School. In 1909 he went to work for his father Herbert John Adams a master baker. In 1912, after declaring bankruptcy, Adams's family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia. In 1915 he opened his own bakery in Ballarat, Victoria.

In 1921, after the tragic death of his wife Mary Florinda Larson, Adams moved to Christchurch where he had met Hugh Bruce, an elderly baker looking to sell his business. Adams and Bruce set up a partnership under the name "Adams Bruce Ltd." By 1929 the company expanded and opened new bakeries in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin. Following Bruce's retirement, the company started to trade under the name "Ernest Adams Ltd." and soon became the largest bakery in the South Island.^[2]

Honours

In the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours, Adams was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community, especially in social welfare work.^[3]

References

1. ^{{DNZB|title=Ernest Alfred Adams|first= Sarah|last= Adams|id=5a4|accessdate=23 April 2017}}
2. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5a4/adams-ernest-alfred|title=Adams, Ernest Alfred|publisher=Te Ara|accessdate=7 May 2013}}
3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=42685 |date=2 June 1962 |page=4348 |supp=y }}

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