R. H. Macy

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businessperson company founder entrepreneur human

R. H. Macy was an American businessman and founder of the iconic Macy’s department store chain.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
R. H. Macy & Co. 8
Rowland Hussey Macy 8
R. H. Macy canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
company founder ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ⓘ
surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx
businessLocation Herald Square ⓘ
surface form: Herald Square, Manhattan

New York City ⓘ
causeOfDeath kidney disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1822-08-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1877-03-29 ⓘ
employer Macy's ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Macy ⓘ
fieldOfWork department stores ⓘ
retail ⓘ
founded Macy's ⓘ
R. H. Macy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: R. H. Macy & Co.
fullName R. H. Macy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
givenName Rowland ⓘ
hasParticularSign red star logo of Macy's ⓘ
industry retail industry ⓘ
knownFor founding Macy's department store ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legacy Macy's ⓘ
surface form: Macy's became one of the largest department store chains in the United States
maritalStatus married ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableAchievement introduced money-back guarantees in his store ⓘ
opened one of the first modern department stores in New York City ⓘ
pioneered fixed prices instead of haggling in retail ⓘ
notableEvent opened R. H. Macy & Co. dry goods store in New York in 1858 ⓘ
notableWork Macy's ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
retailer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Nantucket ⓘ
surface form: Nantucket, Massachusetts

United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
religion Quaker ⓘ
residence Nantucket ⓘ
surface form: Nantucket, Massachusetts

New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Louisa Houghton Macy ⓘ
startedCareerAs whaler's apprentice ⓘ
yearFoundedBusiness 1858 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City → hasBurial → R. H. Macy ⓘ
R. H. Macy → fullName → R. H. Macy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
R. H. Macy → founded → R. H. Macy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: R. H. Macy & Co.
Macy's → formerName → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: R. H. Macy & Co.
Macy's → founder → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
Bacon Academy → hasAlumnus → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rowland H. Macy
Isidor Straus → employer → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: R. H. Macy & Co.
Louis Bamberger → soldBusinessTo → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: R. H. Macy & Co.
Rowland → name → R. H. Macy ⓘ
subject surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
Rowland → name → R. H. Macy ⓘ
subject surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
this entity surface form: Rowland H. Macy
Rowland → name → R. H. Macy ⓘ
subject surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
this entity surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
Rowland → founded → R. H. Macy ⓘ
subject surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
this entity surface form: R. H. Macy & Co.
Macy → notableBearer → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
Macy → namedAfter → R. H. Macy ⓘ
subject surface form: Macy’s
this entity surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
Macy → hasNotableAssociationWith → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
Louisa Houghton Macy → spouse → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
Louisa Houghton Macy → hasSpouse → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rowland Hussey Macy
Federated Department Stores → acquired → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: R. H. Macy & Co.
L. Bamberger & Co. → ownedBy → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: R. H. Macy & Co.
L. Bamberger & Co. → parentOrganization → R. H. Macy ⓘ
this entity surface form: R. H. Macy & Co.