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:''For Charles Henry Goode (ca.1851–1914) see his father's entry: Samuel Goode (mayor)'' :''For Charles Henry Goode (1868–1940) see his father's entry: Charles Rufus Goode Sir Charles Henry Goode (26 May 1827 – 5 February 1922) (rhymes with "rude") was a merchant, businessman, politician and philanthropist in the early days South Australia. He founded Goode, Durrant and Company in 1882. ==History== He was born at Hinton, near Peterchurch, Herefordshire on 26 May 1827, and was apprenticed at the age of 12 years to a drapery establishment in Hereford, and in 1845 he proceeded to London, where he worked for Goode, Gainsborough and Co., and was one of the first members of Sir George Williams' Young Men's Christian Association. In 1848 he left England for South Australia in the ''John Mitchell'' with Thomas Good (ca.1822 – 21 January 1889) of Birmingham (each later married a sister of the other), arriving in Adelaide in April 1849. Together they travelled the State by horse and cart hawking softgoods, and were successful enough to start a small softgoods business in Kermode Street, North Adelaide. :(Thomas Good later founded the softgoods firm Good, Toms and Co. His son Charles T. Good, was to be a partner in the architectural firm of Williams and Good who, amongst other work, designed the Grenfell Street premises of Goode, Durrant and Co.) In September 1850 his parents and brothers Samuel and Matthew arrived in Adelaide on the ''Princess Helena'', and helped carry on the business for 30 years as Goode Brothers. Warehouses were established in Rundle Street, Stephens Place and Grenfell Street, and carried out business throughout South Australia, Western Australia, and Broken Hill, New South Wales A London establishment was opened in 1859, and Charles Goode returned to England for four years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Henry Goode」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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