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William Lever
(19 Sep 1851 - 7 May 1925)
British manufacturer and philanthropist who formed the Lever Brothers soap manufacturing company (1886) with his brother James. By 1914, soap production reached 60,000 tonnes.
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Science Quotes by William Lever (1 quote)
We won't argue; you're wrong. [A common comment to his employees illustrating his resistance to changing his mind about his grand schemes.]
— William Lever
As expressed in Adam Macqueen, The King of Sunlight: How William Lever Cleaned Up the World (2005), and in some of its book reviews.
See also:
- 19 Sep - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Lever's birth.
- William Lever - Biography - Soap and Sociology (1919)
- The King of Sunlight: How William Lever Cleaned Up the World, by Adam Macqueen. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
