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Leon Leonwood Bean

Leon Leonwood Bean, American hunter, businessman, and author, founded L.L.Bean (died 1967)

Born
October 13, 1872
Died
February 5, 1967
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1872

About Leon Leonwood Bean

Leon Leonwood Bean was an American inventor, author, outdoor enthusiast, and founder of the company L.L.Bean. Bean showed an early interest in business, earning his first money when he was nine years old. When Bean was 13 years old, he killed his first deer, and at 14 sold another that he had shot to two unsuccessful hunters. The local cobbler stitched the whole thing together." Bean sold a pair to Edgar Conant, his first customer.

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The world when Leon Leonwood Bean was born

Leon Leonwood Bean was born in 1872. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1872

  • Best-selling bookAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineYellowstone established as first national park
  • Technology milestoneCelluloid (first plastic) manufacturing begins
  • World population~1.52B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population40.2M

1872 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Leon Leonwood Bean's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18722026
Population40.2M341 million

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