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Isaac Bernheim

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Inventor

The Resume

    (November 4, 1848-1945)
    Born in Schmieheim, Germany
    Founded with his brother Bernard and Nathan Uri, Bernheim Brothers & Uri (1872).
    Bernheim Brothers & Uri sold to Schenley Distilling Corp (1937)
    Distilled I. W. Harper bourbon
    Jewish

Why he might be annoying:

    He sold alcohol.
    He became a traveling salesman when the company he worked for went bankrupt.
    He called the products he peddled, 'Yankee Notions.'
    He quit being a traveling salesman when his horse died.
    At 81, he wrote about how his life was at it's end, yet he lived another 16 years, dying at 96.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He saved enough money to bring his brother to the U.S.
    They named there whiskey I.W. Harper, the I.W. as Isaac first and middle name initials, and Harper, honoring his top salesman named Harper.
    His distillery help make Louisville, Kentucky, the bourbon capital.
    He purchased the land for Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.
    He moved to the New York City at 19 with his entire savings of $4.00
    He funded the library at Cincinnati's Hebrew Union College, founded a YMHA and paid for an addition to the Jewish Hospital.
    On returning to Schmieheim, Germany he helped finance the town's first plumbing system.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 22.73% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 100 Votes: 49.00% Annoying