Aaron Montgomery Ward

Aaron Montgomery Ward was an American entrepreneur based in Chicago who made his fortune through the use of mail order for retail sales of general merchandise to rural customers. In 1872 he founded Montgomery Ward & Company, which became nationally known.

17 February 1843

Born on the same birth day (17 February): Benjamin Fain • Carl Julian (von) Graba • Ed Sheeran • Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger • Hal Holbrook • Karin Büttner-Janz • Lindy Ruff • Nicolas Baudin • Philipp Franz von Siebold • René Laennec • Rowdy Gaines • Ruth Clifford • Ruth Rendell • Thomas J. Watson • Édouard Thilges

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