Alexander Revell

Alexander Hamilton Revell, Sr. (6 January 1858, in Chicago – 13 March 1931, in Chicago) was an American businessman from Chicago who in 1879 founded the Alexander H. Revell & Co. and built it into a large furniture retailer.[2] Revell was a charter member of the Field Museum of Natural History who sponsored a 1927 trip to Alaska to collect Kodiak bear specimens.[3] Revell died by falling or jumping from his bathroom window on the 9th floor of the Drake Hotel.[4]

Alexander Revell[1]

References
  1. Donovan, Henry. "Chicago Eagle". Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. "Milestones," Time, March 23, 1931
  3. "Alexander Revell Field Museum Expedition to Alaska, 1927 (reel 1)". Field Museum Library Digital Collections. 1927. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  4. "Rich Furniture Man Dies In 9 Story Fall," March 14, 1931, Morning Star (Rockford, Illinois), pg. 2


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