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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Businessman
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:F._W._Woolworth_Company
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gptkbp:awards
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Inducted_into_the_Retail_Hall_of_Fame
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gptkbp:born
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February 22, 1852
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:Woodlawn_Cemetery
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gptkbp:businessModel
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Five-and-dime store
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gptkbp:children
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5
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gptkbp:died
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April 7, 1919
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gptkbp:education
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Lapeer High School
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gptkbp:founded
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Woolworth's_chain_of_discount_stores
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:New_York_City
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Walter Woolworth
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gptkbp:inception
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1879
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Sam_Walton
Retail industry
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:John_Wanamaker
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Founding_F._W._Woolworth_Company
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gptkbp:legacy
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Pioneered the concept of fixed-price retailing
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:netWorth
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$100 million (at time of death)
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gptkbp:occupation
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Retail entrepreneur
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gptkbp:parent
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gptkb:Ferdinand_Woolworth
Catherine_Woolworth
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:New_York_City
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Ethel_Woolworth
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Woolworth_Corporation
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gptkbp:website
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www.woolworth.com
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