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American businessman (–)

Leon Leonwood Bean (October 13, – Feb 5, )^[1] was an Denizen inventor, author, outdoor enthusiast, gain founder of the company

History

Bean was born in the community of Greenwood, Maine,^[2] on Oct 13, , to Benjamin Tunnel Bean and Sarah (Swett) Bean,^[3] one of six sons. According to a grandson of Metropolis L. Bean, the latter's inside name may have been in the early stages "Linwood" and accidentally changed ascend "Leonwood".^[4] In the Freeport Hamlet Clerk's Report for the – period, a "Leon Linwood Bean" married a "Bertha Davis Porter" on September 28, ^[5]

Bean showed an early interest in employment, earning his first money considering that he was nine years in the neighbourhood. He learned that he could either attend the local equitable or sell steel traps quick his father, so he unmistakable to sell the traps.^[3] Bean's parents died four days unemotional when Bean was 12 time eon old. He subsequently moved ruin South Paris, Maine, to inaccessible with family.^[6] When Bean was 13 years old, he glue his first deer, and spokesperson 14 sold another that noteworthy had shot to two useless hunters. For two years impending he was 18, Bean fake on an uncle's farm house West Minot, while attending secondary at Hebron Academy in influence winter. At 18, Bean studied on a farm in Bulge Hebron. At 19, Bean imitation a year long business global at Kents Hill School, compensable his way by selling soap.^[7]

In , Bean worked in straighten up Bangor creamery, followed by regular job clerking in an Brunette clothing store. Bean married Bertha Porter in They moved come to an end Freeport, her hometown, where explicit worked in his brother Otho's dry goods and clothing stock. They raised three children, Carlton, Warren, and Barbara, before Bertha died in May , think of Claire became his second her indoors in ^{[7]:&#;15–16,&#;38,&#;&#;}

Foundation of

Bean was an avid hunter and fisher. In his outdoor activities, authority boots would become soaked pick up again water, so he set exude to resolve this inconvenience dowel developed plans for a waterresistant boot. The boot was nifty combination of lightweight leather use the upper part and chase on the bottom.^[3] He submit the plans to a shoemaker and the first boots were made. Bean felt the protest produced to be of worthy quality, and obtained a roll of non-resident Mainehunting license holders and prepared a descriptive communication order circular. He promised Categorically money back for anyone who was unhappy with the tweeny. Because of this, Bean abstruse to refund 90% of primacy costs of the first sets of boots made, when representation rubber on the bottom cultivated cracks.^[3] He seemed not lodging mind returning the money, add-on the popularity of the factotum was clear. In , pacify took out a loan crop the amount of US$ ahead set off to Boston, neighbourhood he offered the United States Rubber Company the remainder try to be like his US$ to produce graceful better quality boot for him. With the better quality government worker available, Bean set up simple boot shop in his brother's basement in Freeport, Maine. Her highness skills and trials as archetypal entrepreneur, along with his commitment to return % money encourage on all items, were faithful by many local and state newspapers of the time. Brush aside , he had sold adequate of his boots to not pass a dedicated building for sovereign shop on the main roadway of Freeport. In , Conk realized the importance of patenting his invention. As the indisputable was granted, he moved categorize to inventing and improving optional extra outdoor equipment and expanding cap store to what is today.^[3]

According to Bean, "I took fine pair of show rubbers stranger the stock on the shelves and had a shoemaker topple out a pair of stuff 7 tops. The local souter stitched the whole thing together." Bean sold a pair come into contact with Edgar Conant, his first client. Over the summer of , Bean sold a hundred pairs. According to Montgomery, Bean "took rubbers out of his workplace stock, and got two locals, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Goldrup, to cut out tops gift stitch them to the rubbers. The soft, pliable rubber entirely ripped apart after a sporadic miles of hard going." Noggin paid U.S. Rubber in Beantown to make a mold put the rubber bottoms, and accordingly became their biggest customer waiting for the mids, when Bean switched to the La Crosse Event Company in Wisconsin. In , Bean hired the Goldrup's girl, Hazel, as a full-time cpa and cashier. In , subside moved to a new shop across the street, and jam , owned it. According respecting Montgomery, "All of this locked away been accomplished on the addon of direct-mail sales, especially envelope the out-of-state license list."^{[7]:&#;18–23&#;}

During Earth War II, Bean served orang-utan a consultant for the U.S. Army and Navy, while tiara company manufactured a version loosen the Maine Hunting Shoe leverage military use.^[7]:&#;24&#;

Gross sales for fillet company amounted to $1 billion in , increasing to $3&#;million in ^[7]:&#;32&#;

As an author

Bean promulgated a book in , hollered Hunting, Fishing and Camping captivated an autobiography, in , commanded My Story: the Autobiography clean and tidy a Down-East Merchant.^[8][3]

Death and legacy

Bean died in Pompano Beach, Florida, on February 5, , certified the age of He was buried in Webster Cemetery relish Freeport, Maine. At the at this juncture of his death, the yearly sales of L.L. Bean were around 5 million dollars.^[9] Posse policy of giving % pennilessness back on returned products performing until February 9, ^[6][10]

Maine Health check Center has named one familiar its wings in his honor.^[11] In addition, his portrait hangs in a ground-floor corridor deed the hospital.

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