Herman Eugene Falk (1820–1898) by unknown photographer, c. 1870 from the Salt Museum, Northwich
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David Iredale
Falk, Herman Eugene (1820–1898), salt manufacturer, was born on 20 November 1820 in Danzig, the fourth of five children of David Wilhelm Falk (1773–1848), merchant, and his second wife, Julianne Rickert. His parents were both German, though his grandfather, he claimed, was English. In 1839 ...