Brown & Williamson

former tobacco company
Organization business Q2926338
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Brown & Williamson

Summary

Brown & Williamson is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (333 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brown & Williamson is in the country of United States[3].
  • Brown & Williamson's image is recorded as Brown williamson factory 1918.jpg[4].
  • Brown & Williamson's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Brown & Williamson's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Brown & Williamson's headquarters location is recorded as Louisville[7].
  • Brown & Williamson's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 159750603[8].
  • Brown & Williamson's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no97014231[9].
  • Brown & Williamson's industry is recorded as tobacco industry[10].
  • +1894-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Brown & Williamson[11].
  • Brown & Williamson was dissolved in +2004-07-30T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Brown & Williamson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02bf61[13].
  • Brown & Williamson's location of formation is recorded as Winston-Salem[14].
  • Brown & Williamson's official website is recorded as https://web.archive.org/web/19980426143800/http://www.bw.com[15].
  • Brown & Williamson's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brown & Williamson[16].
  • Brown & Williamson's product or material produced is recorded as cigarette[17].
  • Brown & Williamson's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Brown-and-Williamson-Tobacco-Corporation[18].
  • Brown & Williamson's legal form is recorded as public company[19].
  • Brown & Williamson's DAHR artist ID is recorded as 110449[20].
  • Brown & Williamson's has works in the collection is recorded as Netherlands Open Air Museum[21].
  • Brown & Williamson's has works in the collection is recorded as Liemers Museum[22].
  • Brown & Williamson's MPPDA Digital Archive organisation ID is recorded as 725[23].
  • Brown & Williamson's CollectieGelderland creator ID is recorded as 4cf0a72e-11df-5da3-b3e7-399f135546ec[24].
  • Brown & Williamson's CollectieGelderland creator ID is recorded as 277ff126-7e50-0914-9443-6329c424c431[25].
  • Brown & Williamson's CollectieGelderland creator ID is recorded as 1226f7ad-9409-2967-4f5b-975a22ce30df[26].
  • Brown & Williamson's museum-digital ID is recorded as 195250[27].

Body

Founding

+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Brown & Williamson[11]. Its location of formation is recorded as Winston-Salem[14].

Operations

Brown & Williamson's headquarters location is recorded as Louisville[7].

Industry

Brown & Williamson's industry is recorded as tobacco industry[10].

Ownership

Brown & Williamson's product or material produced is recorded as cigarette[17].

Dissolution

Brown & Williamson was dissolved in +2004-07-30T00:00:00Z[12].

Why It Matters

Brown & Williamson ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (333 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  19. [21] . collectiegelderland.nl. Retrieved . collectiegelderland.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . collectiegelderland.nl. Retrieved . collectiegelderland.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . CollectieGelderland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . CollectieGelderland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . CollectieGelderland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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