caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
milne of fochabers bequeathed by alexander milne 's institute , the free school for children october 1838 new orleans , louisiana fochabers , moray , scotland scottish 1742 philanthropy milne _ - _ 732772.jpg 's _ primary_school_at_fochabers _ - _geograph.org . uk alexander milne -lrb- entrepreneur -rrb-
 alexander milne entrepreneur
alexander milne -lrb- entrepreneur -rrb-

alexander milne -lrb- 1742 -- 1838 -rrb- was a scottish american entrepreneur and philanthropist and was born in fochabers , moray , scotland .
he was employed as a footman by the duke of richmond and gordon and when ordered by the duke to powder his red hair , milne declined , left his employment and emigrated to the american colonies .
by 1776 , milne had moved to new orleans , louisiana where , after doing well in the hardware business , he set up a brick making company using mainly slave labour -- by the late 18th century most of the brick used in new orleans was made at his works .
