Originally he learned to make soap in Europe, so I wonder if there are any soap making artisans still around who learned the same techniques. Dr. Bronner himse

Originally he learned to make soap in Europe, so I wonder if there are any soap making artisans still around who learned the same techniques. Dr. Bronner himself is a quintessentially American figure though. An immigrant fleeing Europe, he became a prophet of his own bizarre religious movement, and was persecuted by the authorities and fled West, where he became a wealthy California entrepreneur. All three of those are archetypal American stories.