What is Marshall Field?
[[File:Portrait of Marshall Field.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Field in c. 1890s]] '''Marshall Field''' (August 18, 1834 &ndash; January 16, 1906) was an [[Americans|American]] businessman. He was the founder of [[Marshall Field and Company]], the [[Chicago]]-based department stores. Field was born on August 18, 1834 in [[Conway, Massachusetts|Conway]], [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin County]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=Mises>[[Orison Swett Marden|Marden, Orison Swett]]. [http://mises.org/daily/5013/How-Marshall-Field-Succeeded How Marshall Field Succeeded], ''[[Mises Institute]]''</ref> He was married two times. Field had two children. He died on January 16, 1906 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] from [[pneumonia]], aged 71. He was buried in [[Graceland Cemetery]] in [[Uptown, Chicago]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{cite web |year=2003|title=People & Events: Marshall Field (1834-1906) and Midwestern Commerce |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago/peopleevents/p_field.html |work=Chicago: City of the Century |publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] Online |accessdate=2008-05-27}} * {{cite web |author=Rhoads, Mark |date=2006-08-22 |title=Illinois Hall of Fame - Marshal Field |url=http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2006/08/illinois_hall_o_15.html |work=Illinois Review |accessdate=2008-05-27}} * Wendt, Lloyd and Herman Kogan, (1952) ''Give the Lady What She Wants! The Story of Marshall Field & Company''. New York: [[Rand McNally and Company]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Marshall}} [[Category:1834 births]] [[Category:1906 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Burials at Graceland Cemetery]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Chicago]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Chicago]] [[Category:People with foods named after them]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Massachusetts]]