Philip Morris (tobacconist)

Philip Morris (1835–1873) was a British tobacconist and cigarette importer whose name was later used for Philip Morris & Co. Ltd. established in New York City in 1902.

Philip Morris

Life and career

Philip Morris was the son of a recent immigrant to England from Germany who had taken the name Barnard Morris. In 1847, Philip Morris's family opened a tobacco shop on Bond Street in London. By 1854, he had started making his own cigarettes. In 1870, Morris began to produce Philip Morris Cambridge and Philip Morris Oxford Blues (later called Oxford Ovals and Philip Morris Blues).

Morris died of cancer in 1873 while his widow Margaret and brother Leopold Morris carried on his cigarette trade.[1]

References
  1. Cox, Jim (23 May 2008). Sold on Radio: Advertisers in the Golden Age of Broadcasting. McFarland. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-7864-5176-0.


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