biography
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| lived:
| (1834–1906)
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| biography:
| Merchant, born in Conway, Massachusetts, USA. A shop clerk in Pittsfield, MA, he moved to Chicago (1856), where he continued in retail. By 1867 he headed Field, Leiter & Co, which became Marshall Field and Co (1881), soon recognized as one of the world's largest, most progressive emporia. As a philanthropist he gave to many causes, including land on which to establish the University of Chicago, and a library for his home town. In 1893 he gave a million dollars for the Columbian Museum at the Chicago World's Fair, now known as the Field Museum of Natural History. |
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