Hermann Bahlsen

Hermann Bahlsen (born 14 November 1859 in Hannover; died 6 November 1919 in Hannover) was a German entrepreneur.

Bahlsen company in Hannover (2006)

Life

In 1889, Bahlsen founded Hannoversche Keksfabrik H. Bahlsen in Hannover (now Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG ).[1][2] He sold Leibniz-cookies (Leibniz-Keks).[3][4]

Bahlsen's grandson, 61-year-old Alex Bahlsen, was the pilot of a small airplane when it crashed into Gabriola Island off the coast of British Columbia on 11 December 2019, killing everyone on board.[5]

gollark: I used `tail` to select the start of a zstandard stream in the archive, and then `zstd`ed it.
gollark: On this datoid, I mean.
gollark: I had a similar issue with the actual `zstd` command line tool.
gollark: It might be?
gollark: Hmm, that actually makes no sense as the frame format knows it.

References
  1. "Hermann Bahlsen ist tot", Zeit Online, 10 June 2014. Accessed 19 January 2016.
  2. "Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG Profile", Bloomberg. Accessed 19 January 2016.
  3. welt.de:Wie Hermann Bahlsen einst das Wort "Keks" erfand (german)
  4. Brend, Yvette (2019-12-11). "'An amazing pilot and flight instructor': Friends remember aviator who died in Gabriola Island crash". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  5. Brend, Yvette (2019-12-11). "'An amazing pilot and flight instructor': Friends remember aviator who died in Gabriola Island crash". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
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