Morris Michtom
Morris Michtom · Economics & Business
Created the first Teddy bear (1902) with his wife Rose, naming it after Theodore Roosevelt — with the president's permission; their Brooklyn candy shop became the Ideal Toy Company
1870, Russian Empire — 1938, Brooklyn, New York, United States
United States
Morris Michtom is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Created the first Teddy bear (1902) with his wife Rose, naming it after Theodore Roosevelt — with the president's permission; their Brooklyn candy shop became the Ideal Toy Company
Morris Michtom was a Russian-Jewish immigrant candy-shop owner in Brooklyn who, with his wife Rose, created the first stuffed 'Teddy bear' in 1902, inspired by a cartoon of President Theodore Roosevelt sparing a bear. With the president's permission to use his name, their creation was so popular that it grew into the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company, one of America's largest toy makers. He was Jewish.
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Created the first Teddy bear (1902) with his wife Rose, naming it after Theodore Roosevelt — with the president's permission; their Brooklyn candy shop became the Ideal Toy Company
Source: Wikipedia (Russian-Jewish immigrant, Brooklyn)
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