- John
Spedan Lewis (22
September 1885 – 21
February 1963) was an
English businessman and the
founder of the John
Lewis Partnership.
Elder son of John Lewis...
-
which Lewis made up the name
Spedan Tower after his aunt, Ann Speed, and when
Eliza bore a son in 1885, he was
called John
Spedan Lewis. A
second son, Oswald...
- to
reverse the trend. In 1914 he
handed control of the
store to his son
Spedan.
Lewis engaged in a
protracted legal dispute with the
ground landlord of...
- Chelsea, London, England. It was
designed by
William Crabtree for John
Spedan Lewis, and
opened in 1936; it
replaced the
first store on the
grounds founded...
- as the
beneficiaries of the trust. The
brand was
established in 1929 by
Spedan Lewis, son of the founder, John Lewis. The
first John
Lewis store opened...
- This was
highlighted by the
inception in 2015 of an
annual award, the John
Spedan Lewis Medal,
specifically honouring persons making significant and innovative...
- Graunt,
founder of the
science of
demography Antonie van
Leeuwenhoek John
Spedan Lewis William McGregor (1846–1911),
chairman of
Aston Villa Football Club...
- his father's
death in 1928, when he sold his
shares to his
brother John
Spedan Lewis.
Lewis returned to
business after his
political career came to an...
- milk, mushrooms, fruit,
honey and free-range
chicken for Waitrose; John
Spedan Lewis,
founder of John Lewis,
lived there until his
death in 1963. Garmin...
-
headmaster and
Bishop A. A.
Milne (1882–1956), children's
author John
Spedan Lewis (1885–1963),
founder of the John
Lewis Partnership Edgar Adrian, 1st...
