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Morris Michtom

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American toy inventor

United StatesFoundersLived 1869 to 1938 · aged 68
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Morris Michtom was a Russian-born businessman and inventor who, with his wife Rose, also a Russian Jewish immigrant who lived in Brooklyn, founded the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company. Michtom came up with the idea for the teddy bear in 1902.

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A 1902 political cartoon in The Washington Post spawned the teddy bear name.A 1902 political cartoon in The Washington Post spawned the teddy bear name.

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Morris Michtom was a Russian-born businessman and inventor who, with his wife Rose, also a Russian Jewish immigrant who lived in Brooklyn, founded the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company. Michtom came up with the idea for the teddy bear in 1902. After Michtom's death, the company became the largest doll-making company in the United States.

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United States
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Lived 1869 to 1938 · aged 68
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