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Nationality
  
Scottish Swedish

Name
  
James Dickson


Died
  
1885

Education
  
Uppsala University

James Jameson Dickson

Born
  
17 September 1815
Gothenburg

Children
  
James Dickson, James Fredrik Dickson, Beatrice Dickson, Robert Dickson, Axel Edvin Dickson

Grandchildren
  
Oscar Dickson, Charles Dickson

Great grandchildren
  
Robert Dickson, Carl Bonde, Thord Bonde, George Dickson

James Jameson Dickson (17 September 1815 – 14 November 1885) was a Scottish Swedish logging industrialist and philanthropist.

Life

Dickson was born in 1815 in Gothenburg. He was the son of James Dickson Sr. James Dickson Sr and his brother had established a timber export business that returned with British cotton goods to Sweden in exchange for the sawn timber. Dickson Jr was educated at Uppsala University. The Dickson business employed the largest merchant fleet in Sweden with offices in both Gothenburg and London.

Dickson and Oscar Dickson were credited with acts of philanthropy. The two of them helped the explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, local Gothenburg good causes and Artur Hazelius, who created Nordiska Museet.

Dickson died at his house, Överås Örgryte.

References

James Jameson Dickson Wikipedia