Marshall Field

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businessperson entrepreneur human philanthropist

Marshall Field was a prominent American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of the Chicago-based Marshall Field and Company department store empire.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Marshall Field and Company 4
Marshall Field & Company 3
Marshall Field's 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
burialPlace Graceland Cemetery ⓘ
businessRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
child Marshall Field Jr. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1834-08-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1906-01-16 ⓘ
employer Marshall Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marshall Field and Company
familyName Field ⓘ
fieldOfWork department stores ⓘ
retail ⓘ
founded Marshall Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marshall Field and Company
givenName Marshall ⓘ
heritage American of English descent ⓘ
industry retail industry ⓘ
knownFor founding a major Chicago department store ⓘ
innovations in customer service in retail ⓘ
philanthropy in Chicago ⓘ
name Marshall Field self-link ⓘ
notablePhilanthropicBeneficiary Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
notableQuoteAssociated The customer is always right ⓘ
notableWork Marshall Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marshall Field and Company
occupation business executive ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
retailer ⓘ
philanthropyFocus civic institutions in Chicago ⓘ
culture ⓘ
education ⓘ
placeOfBirth Conway, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Nannie Douglas Scott ⓘ
workLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merchandise Mart → builtFor → Marshall Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshall Field & Company
Graceland Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Marshall Field ⓘ
subject surface form: Marshall Field Wholesale Store
this entity surface form: Marshall Field and Company
Oakbrook Center → developer → Marshall Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshall Field & Company
Marshall Field → employer → Marshall Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshall Field and Company
Marshall Field → founded → Marshall Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshall Field and Company
this entity surface form: Marshall Field's
Field → hasNotableBearer → Marshall Field ⓘ
subject surface form: Graceland Cemetery
Marshall Field → name → Marshall Field self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: Marshall Field Wholesale Store
Marshall Field → notableWork → Marshall Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshall Field and Company
Merchandise Mart → originalOwner → Marshall Field ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshall Field & Company