Alvah Curtis Roebuck

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Alvah Curtis Roebuck was an American businessman and watchmaker best known as the co-founder of the retail giant Sears, Roebuck & Co.

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Alvah Curtis Roebuck canonical 3
Alvah Curtis Roebuck@en 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
entrepreneur
human
watchmaker
associatedCompanyHeadquarters Chicago, Illinois, United States
associatedWith mail-order retailing in the United States
burialPlace Acacia Park Cemetery, Norwood Park Township, Illinois, United States
businessArea catalog sales
consumer goods
businessPartner Richard Warren Sears
causeOfDeath natural causes
coFounded Sears, Roebuck & Co.
surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Company
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1864-01-09
dateOfDeath 1948-06-18
employer Sears, Roebuck & Co.
surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Company
era early 20th century
late 19th century
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Roebuck
fieldOfWork mail-order business
retail business
foundedWith Richard Warren Sears
fullName Alvah Curtis Roebuck self-link
givenName Alvah
hasNameInLanguage Alvah Curtis Roebuck self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alvah Curtis Roebuck@en
hasRole co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company
industry retail
watch and jewelry trade
knownFor mail-order catalog innovation at Sears, Roebuck and Company
languageSpoken English
nationality American
notableEmployer Sears, Roebuck & Co.
surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Company
notableFor co-founding Sears, Roebuck and Company
notableWork development of early Sears mail-order watch business
occupation businessman
watchmaker
placeOfBirth Lafayette, Indiana
surface form: Lafayette, Indiana, United States
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
sexOrGender male

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Sears, Roebuck & Co. foundedBy Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Richard Warren Sears coFounderWith Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Alvah Curtis Roebuck fullName Alvah Curtis Roebuck self-link
Alvah Curtis Roebuck hasNameInLanguage Alvah Curtis Roebuck self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alvah Curtis Roebuck@en