David Lewis
Deceased Person
1823 – 1885
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Who was David Lewis?
David Lewis, was an English merchant and philanthropist of Jewish origin.
He was born in London. Settling in Liverpool in 1840, he had by 1856 accumulated enough capital to start his own business as a boys' clothier in Bold street. Subsequently he opened a second establishment; and thereafter he gradually developed one of the largest retail businesses of the kind in England, erecting an establishment of the "Universal Provider" or department store class. Similar stores were founded by him in Manchester, Sheffield, and Birmingham.
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- Born
- 1823
London - Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- England
- Lived in
- Liverpool
- Died
- Dec 4, 1885
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on July 23, 2013
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