Robert Nunnemacher (April 7, 1854 – March 8, 1912) was a member of one of Milwaukee's pioneer families of Swiss origin. In the 1890s through the turn of the century, Mr. Nunnemacher was among the twenty most successful and wealthiest businessmen in America, expanding on his father's (Jacob Nunnemacher) business empire and joined by the likes of Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. Robert Nunnemacher is best known for the system of malting drum he developed. It involved a rotating drum and humidified air between a central duct, and other periphery ducts to condition germinating grain.
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7 April 1854
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8 March 1912 (aged 57)
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Zodiac | Aries |
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