Julian Wheeler Curtiss
Encyclopedia
Julian Wheeler Curtiss, was president of the Spalding
sports equipment company.
. He returned to the United States
with his clubs and golf balls and started the first manufacture of golf equipment in the United States
. In 1900 with his brother, Edwin Burr Curtiss
, and others they started the Fairfield County Golf Club in Greenwich, Connecticut
.
Spalding (sports equipment)
Spalding is a sporting goods company founded by Albert Spalding in Chicago, Illinois, in 1876 and now headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The company specializes in the production of balls for many sports, but is most-known for its basketballs...
sports equipment company.
Biography
He visited London, and there he learned golfGolf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
. He returned to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
with his clubs and golf balls and started the first manufacture of golf equipment in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. In 1900 with his brother, Edwin Burr Curtiss
Edwin Burr Curtiss
Edwin Burr Curtiss , was an attorney, and the president and a director of A. G. Spalding Bros.-Biography:He was born on July 14, 1852, and he had a brother, Julian Wheeler Curtiss. Edwin graduated from Columbia University and formed the firm of Cunningham, Curtiss & Welsh of San Francisco...
, and others they started the Fairfield County Golf Club in Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38+ minutes ...
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