BUSINESSES

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BORN IN THE 20TH CENTURY

Barclay, Jack. Born 1900. Luxury car dealership in Berkeley Square.
Quant, Mary. Born 1930. Fashion pioneer of the swinging Sixties.
Sellar, Irvine. Born 1934. Developer of the Shard and Paddington Cube.
Timpson, John. Born 1943. Benevolent entrepreneur of shoe repair.

BORN IN THE 19TH CENTURY

Beaverbrook, Lord. Born 1879. Newspaper publisher.
Bechstein, Carl. Born 1826. Piano maker and the Wigmore Hall.
Cadogan, 5th Earl of. Born 1840. Developer of the Cadogan Estate.
Carr, Jonathan. Born 1845. Developer of the Bedford Park estate.
Foyle, William, Born 1885. The world’s largest bookseller.
Lewis, John Spedan. Born 1885. Gave John Lewis to its employees.
Reuter, Paul. Born 1816. News agency pioneer.
Selfridge, Harry. Born 1858. Retail impressario who died in poverty.
Smith, James. Born about 1800. Purveyor of umbrellas since 1830.

BORN IN THE 18TH CENTURY

Baker, Samuel. Born 1711. Founder of Sotheby’s auction house.
Burnaby, Edwyn. Born 1795. Founder of Olympia exhibition centre.
Bourne, Widow. Born about 1700. Berry Bros & Rudd wine merchants.
Burnaby, Edwyn. Born 1795. Founder of the Olympia events centre.
Cubitt, Thomas. Born 1788. Builder of Belgravia.
Shillibeer, George. Born 1797. Pioneer of the London bus.
Tussaud, Marie. Born 1761. The grisly history of waxworks.

BORN IN THE 17TH CENTURY

Castaing, John. Born about 1650. Founder of the London Stock Exchange.
Lloyd, Edward. Born 1648. His coffee shop created marine insurance.