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The former Debenham & Freebody department store, Wigmore Street, London. Debenham & Freebody was a department store at 27–37 Wigmore Street, London, which became part of the Debenhams chain. The building, first opened in 1908, [1] is now used by a variety of occupiers and is grade II listed by Historic England. [2]
Pooley and Smith retired from the business in 1851 when Debenham took his son, William, and Clement Freebody into partnership, trading as Debenham, Son & Freebody. At this time all three shops in London, Cheltenham, and Harrogate were trading in similar goods and issued a joint catalogue, called the Fashion Book, that was the basis of an ...
William Debenham (/ ˈ d ɛ b ən ə m /; 18 April 1794 – 24 September 1863) was the founder of Debenhams, once one of the largest retailers in the United Kingdom. Career [ edit ]
The history of philosophy is the field of inquiry that studies the historical development of philosophical thought. It aims to provide a systematic and chronological exposition of philosophical concepts and doctrines, as well as the philosophers who conceived them and the schools of thought to which they belong.
At the age of 27 he joined the successful business of Debenham & Co., which had been run by his grandfather and father. [2] His restructuring activities led to the splitting of the manufacturing from the retail side of the business, under the name Debenham & Freebody (Freebody was the maiden name of his
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of History, 1822, 1828, 1830, printed 1837; Auguste Comte, Course of Positive Philosophy, 1830–1842; Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835; William Whewell, The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded upon their History, 1840; Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance, 1841
The International Philosophical Bibliography (IPB), also known in French as Répertoire bibliographique de la philosophie (RBP), is a bibliographic database covering publications on the history of philosophy and continental philosophy. [1] The database comprises records of publications in over 30 languages. Annually, about 12,000 records are ...
The Seekers (book) The Shape of Ancient Thought; A Short History of Chinese Philosophy; A Short History of Ethics; A Short History of Modern Philosophy; Siddhantasara; Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes; The Story of Philosophy