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John Lewis plc, [5] [6] trading as John Lewis & Partners, is a British chain of high-end department stores operating across the United Kingdom. It is part of the John Lewis Partnership plc , a holding company held in a trust on behalf of its employees as the beneficiaries of the trust. [ 7 ]
The stores are in a mixture of city centre and out-of-town shopping centre locations. The flagship Oxford Street store in London remains the largest John Lewis outlet in the UK. [38] 'John Lewis at Home' stores cater for areas which have no large John Lewis department store near them. The first store opened in Poole in October 2009. [39]
John Lewis was born in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, and became an orphan at the age of seven.He was brought up by an aunt, Miss Ann Speed. [1] Having served as an apprentice to a local draper from the age of fourteen, he moved to London to become a silk buyer in the capital, working in Peter Robinson's Department Store at Oxford Circus by the time he was 20.
TROY, Ala. (AP) — There’s now a historic marker at the one-story brick house in Alabama where the late civil rights leader and Georgia Congressman John Lewis grew up as one of 11 children.
USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205) is a United States Navy replenishment oiler and the lead ship of her class. She is part of the Military Sealift Command fleet of support ships. Ray Mabus , then Secretary of the Navy , announced on 6 January 2016 that the ship would be named in honor of John Lewis . [ 6 ]
ATLANTA (AP) — Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and the last of the Big Six civil rights activists led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday at age 80.
John Lewis (sprinter), winner of the 300 yards at the 1930 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships; John Lewis III, sprinter and winner of the 2017 and 2018 NCAA Division I 4 × 100 m relay championships; John Lewis (runner), middle-distance runner, 2018 indoor 800 m All-American for the Clemson Tigers track and field team
The statue of Lewis will be officially unveiled on Aug. 24. DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday ...