John G. Shedd

John Graves Shedd (July 20, 1850October 22, 1926) was an American businessman and philosopher. He was the second president and chairman of the board of Marshall Field & Company. He donated money for the construction of an aquarium in Chicago, which would later be named after him.

In 2002, The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, a community-based performing arts center and music school in Eugene, Oregon, was co-founded by one of his great-grandchildren.

Other websites

The Shedd Aquarium website 
The Shedd Institute website
1921 Biographical Sketch

Category:1850 births
Category:1926 deaths
Category:Deaths from aortic aneurysm
Category:Burials at Oak Woods Cemetery
Category:American philosophers
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