Gustav Christian Schwabe
German businessman (1813-1897) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For people with a similar name, see Gustav Schwalbe (disambiguation).
Gustav Christian Schwabe (10 May 1813 – 10 January 1897) was a German-born merchant and financier who funded companies such as John Bibby & Sons, Harland and Wolff and the White Star Line. Born in Hamburg, Germany, Schwabe moved to Liverpool in 1838 and spent his working life there. Later, Schwabe would spend more time at his house in London, and retired in 1893.