Gerhard Husheer, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Tobacco grower and processor, industrialist, philanthropist
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About Gerhard Husheer
- Johann Gerhard Husheer (26 July 1864 – 30 November 1954) was a New Zealand tobacco industry pioneer and processor, industrialist, philanthropist.
- He was born in Bremen, Germany on 26 July 1864 to a family of Dutch heritage.
- His grandfather, born in 1737 was a seaman and trader who, when returning after a voyage learned that the French had begun to occupy his home port, left Rotterdam for Bremen, Germany.
- Husheer was the first to plant tobacco in Motueka and became very wealthy.
- He lived in Napier for much of his life.
- After the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, he commissioned Louis Hay to design a new frontage for his National Tobacco Company Building, one of the most elegant commercial buildings in Napier, and registered as a Category I structure by Heritage New Zealand.
- In 1956 it was purchased by Rothmans Tobacco Company.
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