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Will Keith Kellogg

Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (died 1951)

Born
April 7, 1860
Died
October 6, 1951
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1860

About Will Keith Kellogg

Will Keith Kellogg was an American industrialist in food manufacturing, who founded the Kellogg Company, which produces a wide variety of popular breakfast cereals. He was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and practiced vegetarianism as a dietary principle taught by his church. He also founded the Kellogg Arabian Ranch, which breeds Arabian horses. Kellogg was a philanthropist and started the Kellogg Foundation in 1934 with a $66-million donation. In 1906, Will founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which later became the Kellogg Company. That company became Post Cereals and, later, General Foods, the source of Post's first million dollars.

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Will Keith Kellogg timeline

  1. In 1906, Will founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which later became the Kellogg Company.
  2. Kellogg was a philanthropist and started the Kellogg Foundation in 1934 with a $66-million donation.

The world when Will Keith Kellogg was born

Will Keith Kellogg was born in 1860. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineAbraham Lincoln elected — South Carolina secedes
  • Technology milestonePony Express mail service begins
  • World population~1.4B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Buchanan
  • U.S. population31.4M

1860 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Will Keith Kellogg's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18602026
Population31.4M341 million

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