Alexander Hamilton Revell Sr. (January 6, 1858 – March 13, 1931) was an American businessman from Chicago who in 1876 founded Alexander H. Revell & Co. and built it into a large furniture retailer.[1]
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| Born | Alexander Hamilton Revell January 6, 1858 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | March 13, 1931 (aged 73) Chicago, Illinois |
| Burial place | Rosehill Cemetery |
| Occupation | Businessman |
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Maude B. Richardson (m. 1889) |
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Biography
editAlexander Revell was born in Chicago on January 6, 1858. He worked at a variety of jobs while attending night schools.[2]
He married Maude B. Richardson in 1889 and they had one child.[2]
He was a charter member of the Field Museum of Natural History and sponsored a 1927 trip to Alaska to collect Kodiak bear specimens.[3] He was also a member of the Chicago Board of Education and a director of the World's Columbian Exposition.[2]
Revell died by falling or jumping from his bathroom window on the 9th floor of the Drake Hotel on March 13, 1931.[4] He was buried at Rosehill Cemetery.[5]
References
edit- ^ Catalogue of Household Goods and Goods for Personal Use. Alexander H. Revell & Co. 1888–1889. p. 2. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Encyclopedia of Chicago.
- ^ a b c The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition. Chicago, New York: American Biographical Publishing Company. 1892. pp. 486–490. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Alexander Revell Field Museum Expedition to Alaska, 1927 (reel 1)". Field Museum Library Digital Collections. 1927. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
- ^ "Rich Furniture Man Dies In 9 Story Fall," March 14, 1931, Morning Star (Rockford, Illinois), p. 2
- ^ "Business Chiefs Attend Funeral for A. H. Revell". Chicago Tribune. March 17, 1931. p. 22. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
edit- Information on the A.H. Revell Building in Chicago at the Wayback Machine (archived February 7, 2012)
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