Frank Winfield Woolworth

CTL-E-3760 · Person · businessperson · 1879–1919

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Founder of the F. W. Woolworth Company; opened his first store February 22, 1879, in Utica, New York; died in 1919, after which his brother Charles became chairman.

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Also known as: F. W. Woolworth

Notes

RELP85 new supporting entity; identity re-check: no duplicate in graph. Stays Provisional (single Wikipedia lineage).

Referenced by

F. W. Woolworth (no confirmed 63rd branch) — founded by → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - F. W. Woolworth Company

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