What is John G. Shedd?
{{Infobox person | name = John G. Shedd | image = Portrait of John G. Shedd.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1850|7|20|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Alstead, New Hampshire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1926|10|22|1850|7|20|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]] | resting_place = [[Oak Woods Cemetery]], [[Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago]], U.S. | occupation = [[businessman]] and [[philanthropist]] | death_cause = Complications from [[aortic aneurysm]] }} '''John Graves Shedd''' (July 20, 1850{{spaced ndash}}October 22, 1926) was an American businessman and philosopher. He was the second president and chairman of the board of [[Marshall Field & Company]]. He donated money for the [[construction]] of an [[Shedd Aquarium|aquarium in Chicago]], which would later be named after him. In 2002, [[The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts]], a community-based performing arts center and music school in [[Eugene, Oregon]], was co-founded by one of his great-grandchildren. ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline|John G. Shedd}} *[http://www.shedd.org/ The Shedd Aquarium website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050117085010/http://www.shedd.org/ |date=2005-01-17 }} *[http://www.theshedd.org/ The Shedd Institute website] *[https://archive.org/stream/nationalcyclopae17newy#page/n7/mode/2up 1921 Biographical Sketch] *{{Find a Grave|12791}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shedd, John G.}} [[Category:1850 births]] [[Category:1926 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from aortic aneurysm]] [[Category:Burials at Oak Woods Cemetery]] [[Category:American philosophers]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Chicago]] [[Category:Businesspeople from New Hampshire]]