Parker Brothers

American toy and game manufacturer
Organization business Q1501379
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Parker Brothers, founded in 1883, is a game industry organization headquartered in Salem. The company has produced a range of well-known games including Monopoly, ouija, Cluedo, Top It, Sorry!, and Aggravation.

Parker Brothers

Summary

Parker Brothers is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (383 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Parker Brothers is in the country of United States[3].
  • Parker Brothers's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Parker Brothers's instance of is recorded as board game publishing company[5].
  • Parker Brothers's instance of is recorded as video game developer[6].
  • Parker Brothers's instance of is recorded as video game publisher[7].
  • Parker Brothers's instance of is recorded as brand[8].
  • Parker Brothers's founder is recorded as George Swinnerton Parker[9].
  • Parker Brothers's owned by is recorded as Hasbro[10].
  • Parker Brothers's logo image is recorded as Parker-Brothers-Logo.svg[11].
  • Parker Brothers's headquarters location is recorded as Salem[12].
  • Parker Brothers's headquarters location is recorded as Beverly[13].
  • Parker Brothers's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127814405[14].
  • Parker Brothers's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50074920[15].
  • Parker Brothers's Commons category is recorded as Parker Brothers[16].
  • Parker Brothers's industry is recorded as game industry[17].
  • +1883-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Parker Brothers[18].
  • Parker Brothers was dissolved in +1998-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Parker Brothers's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01l75f[20].
  • Parker Brothers's parent organization or unit is recorded as Hasbro[21].
  • Parker Brothers's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Parker Brothers[22].
  • Parker Brothers's product or material produced is recorded as Monopoly[23].
  • Parker Brothers's product or material produced is recorded as ouija[24].
  • Parker Brothers's product or material produced is recorded as Cluedo[25].
  • Parker Brothers's product or material produced is recorded as Top It[26].
  • Parker Brothers's product or material produced is recorded as Sorry![27].

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Founding

Parker Brothers's founder is recorded as George Swinnerton Parker[9]. +1883-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Salem[12], a city in the United States[28], in United States[29], founded in 1626[30] and Beverly[13], a city in the United States[31], in United States[32], founded in 1626[33]. Parker Brothers's parent organization or unit is recorded as Hasbro[21].

Industry

Parker Brothers's industry is recorded as game industry[17].

Ownership

Parker Brothers's owned by is recorded as Hasbro[10]. Products include Monopoly[23], ouija[24], Cluedo[25], Top It[26], Sorry![27], and Aggravation[34].

Dissolution

Parker Brothers was dissolved in +1998-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].

Why It Matters

Parker Brothers ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (383 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . LastDodo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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