Arthur Lasenby Liberty

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Arthur Lasenby Liberty was a British entrepreneur and founder of the London department store Liberty, renowned for popularizing distinctive Art Nouveau–inspired designs in textiles and decorative arts.

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Arthur Lasenby Liberty canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWith Liberty style ⓘ
Regent Street, London ⓘ
linked to: Regent Street
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1843-08-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1917-05-11 ⓘ
employer Farmer and Rogers ⓘ
Liberty & Co. ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Liberty ⓘ
fieldOfWork decorative arts ⓘ
retail ⓘ
textile trade ⓘ
founded Liberty & Co. ⓘ
Liberty department store ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
hasHeritage English ⓘ
influenced development of the Liberty style in design ⓘ
knownFor founding Liberty department store in London ⓘ
popularizing Art Nouveau–inspired designs in textiles and decorative arts ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Art Nouveau ⓘ
name Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableAchievement helped establish the commercial success of Art Nouveau design in Britain ⓘ
introduced imported Eastern textiles and decorative objects to the London market ⓘ
notableRole pioneer of artistic retailing in late 19th-century London ⓘ
notableWork Liberty & Co. ⓘ
occupation entrepreneur ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
retailer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Buckinghamshire ⓘ
Chesham ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld founder of Liberty & Co. ⓘ
managing director of Liberty & Co. ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Emma Louise Blackmore ⓘ
startTimeOfActivity 1860s ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stile Liberty → namedAfter → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
Liberty London → foundedBy → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
Liberty department store → foundedBy → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
Liberty & Co. → foundedBy → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
Arthur Lasenby Liberty → name → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
Liberty style → namedAfter → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
Farmer and Rogers → notableEmployee → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
Liberty → hasNotableBearer → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
Liberty & Co. → foundedBy → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
subject linked to: Liberty
Emma Louise Blackmore → spouse → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
Liberty → foundedBy → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ
Liberty → founder → Arthur Lasenby Liberty ⓘ