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October 22, 1926. (1926-10-22) (aged 76) Chicago, Illinois, US. Burial place. Rosehill Cemetery. Occupation. Businessman. John Graves Shedd (July 20, 1850 – October 22, 1926) was the second president, and chairman of the board, of Marshall Field & Company .
- October 22, 1926 (aged 76), Chicago, Illinois
- John Graves Shedd, July 20, 1850, Alstead, New Hampshire
- Businessman
Jul 20, 2010 · But who was John Graves Shedd? According to his boss, department store founder Marshall Field, Shedd was "the greatest merchant in the United States." He was also, as we know, a magnanimous philanthropist, donating $3 million to build the world’s finest aquarium in his adopted city of Chicago.
John G. Shedd never saw his aquarium. He died in October 1926 at age 76. The board of directors carried on, and ground was broken in November 1927. The John G. Shedd Aquarium opened to throngs of guests on May 30, 1930.
Dec 9, 2013 · Quote Investigator: In 1928 John A. Shedd released a collection of sayings titled “Salt from My Attic”, and the following popular aphorism was included: [1] A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. This citation appeared in the important reference work “The Yale Book of Quotations” edited by Fred R. Shapiro.
Apr 5, 2020 · The famous Shedd taste would continue into the next generation and two of the Chicago area’s most famous estates. By Megan McKinney. A spectacular dry goods career burst forth in 1872 soon after John Graves Shedd began work as a stockroom clerk in Field, Leiter & Co.’s linen section.
Shedd Aquarium (formally the John G. Shedd Aquarium) is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago. Opened on May 30, 1930, the 5 million US gal (19,000,000 L; 4,200,000 imp gal) aquarium holds about 32,000 animals and is the third largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere, after the Georgia Aquarium and Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Mar 8, 2021 · John G. Shedd was born in New Hampshire on July 20th, 1850. He spent his younger years learning about the business world hands-on at local dry goods stores, and then moved to the bustling city of Chicago when he was 22.
