J. L. Hudson

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J. L. Hudson was a prominent Detroit businessman best known as the founder of the J. L. Hudson Company department store, which became one of the largest and most influential retail establishments in the United States.

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instanceOf businessperson
entrepreneur
founder
associatedWith Hudson's department store NERFINISHED
basedIn Detroit NERFINISHED
businessLocation downtown Detroit NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfDeath United States NERFINISHED
employer J. L. Hudson Company NERFINISHED
ethnicOrigin English
familyName Hudson NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork department store industry
retail
gender male
givenName Joseph NERFINISHED
industry department stores
retail
influenced growth of large-scale urban department stores in the United States
knownFor founding the J. L. Hudson Company department store
languageSpoken English
legacy Hudson's became a major Midwestern retail chain NERFINISHED
middleName Lowthian NERFINISHED
name Joseph Lowthian Hudson NERFINISHED
notableAchievement built one of the largest department stores in the United States
helped make Detroit a major retail center
notableFor influential role in American department store development
notableWork J. L. Hudson Company NERFINISHED
occupation businessman
retailer
philanthropy supported civic and charitable causes in Detroit
placeOfBirth Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Detroit NERFINISHED
positionHeld owner of J. L. Hudson Company
president of J. L. Hudson Company
residence Detroit NERFINISHED

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