Washington Atlee Burpee
Organization founder
1858 – 1915
Photo Credit ยป
61 Views
Who was Washington Atlee Burpee?
Washington Atlee Burpee was the founder of the W. Atlee Burpee & Company, now more commonly known as Burpee Seeds. Contrary to a natural folk etymology assumption, the company is not named after a relationship to "burpless" cucumbers.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Apr 5, 1858
New Brunswick - Children
- Nationality
- Canada
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Nov 26, 1915
Doylestown
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Washington Atlee Burpee." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/w_atlee_burpee>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Washington Atlee Burpee biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In