Frank Winfield Woolworth

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businessperson entrepreneur human retail pioneer

Frank Winfield Woolworth was an American entrepreneur and retail pioneer who founded the F. W. Woolworth Company, one of the first and most successful five-and-dime store chains.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Barbara Hutton's grandfather Frank Winfield Woolworth	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ retail pioneer ⓘ
burialPlace	New York City ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ⓘ surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx
businessModel	five-and-dime store ⓘ
causeOfDeath	septicemia ⓘ
commissioned	Woolworth Building ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1852-04-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1919-04-08 ⓘ
era	Gilded Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup	European American ⓘ
familyName	Woolworth ⓘ
founded	Woolworth ⓘ surface form: F. W. Woolworth Company Woolworth ⓘ surface form: Woolworth’s five-and-dime stores
fullName	Frank Winfield Woolworth self-link ⓘ
givenName	Frank ⓘ
hasChild	Edna Woolworth ⓘ Edna Woolworth ⓘ surface form: Helena Woolworth Jessie Woolworth ⓘ
hasSignatureBuilding	Woolworth Building ⓘ
industry	retail ⓘ
influenced	development of chain stores in the United States ⓘ
knownFor	creating a chain-store retail model in the United States ⓘ popularizing variety stores ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	founding the F. W. Woolworth Company ⓘ pioneering the five-and-dime store concept ⓘ
notableWork	development of the Woolworth retail chain ⓘ
occupation	business executive ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ retailer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Jefferson County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York (state) Rodman, New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York ⓘ surface form: New York (state) New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
religion	Methodism ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Jennie Creighton ⓘ
usedCurrencyPricingStrategy	fixed low prices ⓘ
WoolworthBuildingLocation	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ

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Frank Winfield Woolworth → fullName → Frank Winfield Woolworth self-link ⓘ

Barbara Hutton → grandfather → Frank Winfield Woolworth ⓘ

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City → hasBurial → Frank Winfield Woolworth ⓘ

Winfield House → namedAfter → Frank Winfield Woolworth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barbara Hutton's grandfather Frank Winfield Woolworth