Samuel Agar Salvage KBE OBE (November 20, 1876 – July 10, 1946) was an English businessman, sometimes called the "father of the rayon industry in the United States."
Salvage was born in London and emigrated to the United States in 1893[1] at age 17.
[1] In 1942, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for his contributions to the rayon industry.
[1] Salvage married Mary Katherine Richmond (died 1964) and lived together at their home in Old Brookville, New York, called Rynwood, which Salvage had built in 1927 by architect Roger Bullard, with gardens designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman.
[5] Salvage died July 10, 1946, at his home on Fisher's Island, New York.