Johann Gottlob Nathusius

Johann Gottlob Nathusius (April 30, 1760 – July 23, 1835) was a German industrialist.

Nathusius was born in Baruth, and learned the trade of a merchant in Berlin, later joining the trading company Sengewald in Magdeburg. After the death of his brother-in-law he took over the Richter company, which prospered under his management, particularly with the establishment of a tobacco factory in 1787; after the death of his business partner and the partner's widow, he became its full owner. After the reestablishment of a royal tobacco monopoly, he became a royal factory manager; however under Frederick William III he again regained complete control. The decline in the economy under the Kingdom of Westphalia enabled him to purchase the Althaldensleben monastery and Schloss Hundisburg, and on these estates he developed a comprehensive set of industries, including breweries, flour mills, sugar factories, a brickyard, and a stoneware and porcelain factory.

A son of his, Hermann von Nathusius, was a noted animal breeder.

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