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See also:TIFFANY, See also:CHARLES See also:LEWIS (1812-1902) , See also:American jeweler, was See also:born at Killingly, See also:Connecticut, on the 15th of See also:February 1812. At fifteen he became a clerk in his See also:father's See also:store, but removed to New See also:York See also:City in 1837, and with See also:John B. See also:Young opened a See also:fancy goods store. In 1847 the See also:firm began to manufacture See also:gold See also:jewelry, and in 1848, when the See also:political unrest in See also:Europe caused See also:great depreciation in the See also:price of See also:precious stones, Tiffany invested heavily in diamonds, which were sold at a great profit a few years later. The firm became Tiffany, Young & See also:Ellis in 1841 and was reorganized as Tiffany & See also:Company (Mr Young and Mr Ellis retiring) in 1853. In 1851 the firm had established the See also:sterling See also:silver See also:standard of •925 See also:fine, subsequently adopted by other jewelers; and in the same See also:year had founded a See also:branch See also:house in See also:Paris. In 1858 Tiffany bought the unused portion of the See also:Atlantic See also:telegraph See also:cable which he made into See also:cane handles or sold in sections. At the beginning of the See also:Civil See also:War, foreseeing that the jewelry business would suffer, he turned most of his See also:capital to the manufacture of swords, medals and similar war material. In 1868 the company was incorporated, and branches were established at See also:London and at See also:Geneva. Tiffany made a speciality of importing historic gems, jewelry and See also:art See also:works, and in 1887 bought some of the See also:crown jewels of See also:France, paying for them about See also:half a million dollars. He was made a See also:chevalier of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour in 1878. He died in New York on the 18th of February 1902.
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