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unusual facts about Philip W. Pillsbury


Philip W. Pillsbury

Pillsbury was a grandson of Charles Pillsbury, co-founder of the flour-milling company which has grown to be among the world's largest diversified food companies.


Dartmouth Marine Slips

The construction and operation of the Chebucto Marine Railway would not have been possible without the following investors: U.S. Consul Albert Pillsbury, Robert Boak of Boak, Taylor and Co., and John Wyide of Wier and Co.

Hiden

Philip W. Hiden, a businessman and mayor in Newport News, Virginia

John Pillsbury

John S. Pillsbury, governor of Minnesota and co-founder of the Pillsbury company

John S. Pillsbury

The entrepreneur tried his hand at several different types of businesses (after his business with Walter Harriman) including hardware, real estate, and lumber, though his greatest success came when he founded C. A. Pillsbury and Company along with his family.

King Field, Minneapolis

Pillsbury Ave. named in honor of Gov. John Pillsbury, Governor in 1875, who served for three 2-year terms.

Signor–Lipps effect

The Signor–Lipps effect is a paleontological principle proposed by Philip W. Signor and Jere H. Lipps which states that, since the fossil record of organisms is never complete, neither the first nor the last organism in a given taxon will be recorded as a fossil.


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