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Person
Authorized form of name
Lewis, John Spedan
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Description area
Dates of existence
1885-1963
History
John Spedan Lewis was an English businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership. Throughout his life, Lewis was a keen and active natural historian. From 1933 until his death he was a Fellow of the Linnean Society, which awards its John Spedan Lewis Medal for contributions to conservation