Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Albert Blake Dick (April 16, 1856 – August 15, 1934) was a businessman who founded the A.B. Dick Company, a major American copier and office supply company of the 20th Century. He coined the word "mimeograph".[citation needed]Dick attended school in Galesburg, Illinois, then worked successively for the Brown manufacturing company, Deere & Mansur, and the Moline Lumber Company. He founded the A. B. Dick Company in 1883; it was originally a lumber company before branching into office supplies.Dick lived in Lake Forest, Illinois. His son Sheldon relied on the Dick fortune in support of his career in publishing, photography, and film.. }
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- Albert_Dick abstract "Albert Blake Dick (April 16, 1856 – August 15, 1934) was a businessman who founded the A.B. Dick Company, a major American copier and office supply company of the 20th Century. He coined the word "mimeograph".[citation needed]Dick attended school in Galesburg, Illinois, then worked successively for the Brown manufacturing company, Deere & Mansur, and the Moline Lumber Company. He founded the A. B. Dick Company in 1883; it was originally a lumber company before branching into office supplies.Dick lived in Lake Forest, Illinois. His son Sheldon relied on the Dick fortune in support of his career in publishing, photography, and film.".