R. H. Macy

E35839

businessperson company founder entrepreneur human

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

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → company founder → entrepreneur → human →
burialPlace	Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx →
businessLocation	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 & Co. →
fullName	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 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, Massachusetts → United States of America →
placeOfDeath	New York → New York City → United States of America →
religion	Quaker →
residence	Nantucket, Massachusetts → New York City →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Louisa Houghton Macy →
startedCareerAs	whaler's apprentice →
yearFoundedBusiness	1858 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Macy's ("R. H. Macy & Co.") →	formerName
R. H. Macy ("R. H. Macy & Co.") →	founded
Macy's ("Rowland Hussey Macy") →	founder
R. H. Macy ("Rowland Hussey Macy") →	fullName
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City →	hasBurial