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W.D. & H.O. Wills

former English tobacco company
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W.D. & H.O. Wills

Summary

W.D. & H.O. Wills is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • W.D. & H.O. Wills is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's image is recorded as Wills of Wallsend - geograph.org.uk - 1237457.jpg[4].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's founder is recorded as Henry Overton Wills I[6].
  • William Wills is named after W.D. & H.O. Wills[7].
  • Henry Overton Wills II is named after W.D. & H.O. Wills[8].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's logo image is recorded as Wd ho wills logo.png[9].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's followed by is recorded as Imperial Brands[10].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's followed by is recorded as ITC Limited[11].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's headquarters location is recorded as Bristol[12].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136550132[13].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88611293[14].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's Commons category is recorded as W.D. & H.O. Wills[15].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's industry is recorded as tobacco industry[16].
  • +1786-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of W.D. & H.O. Wills[17].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills was dissolved in +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/042pm8[19].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's location of formation is recorded as Bristol[20].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's product or material produced is recorded as cigarette[21].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's National Portrait Gallery is recorded as mp165182[22].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's has works in the collection is recorded as Netherlands Open Air Museum[23].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's has works in the collection is recorded as Museum Deelen[24].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's has works in the collection is recorded as Liemers Museum[25].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007444132705171[26].
  • W.D. & H.O. Wills's CollectieGelderland creator ID is recorded as cf3d1c74-f04f-5a34-bdc2-41b794949f04[27].

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Founding

W.D. & H.O. Wills's founder is recorded as Henry Overton Wills I[6]. +1786-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[17]. Its location of formation is recorded as Bristol[20].

Identity

Successors include Imperial Brands[10] and ITC Limited[11].

Operations

W.D. & H.O. Wills's headquarters location is recorded as Bristol[12].

Industry

W.D. & H.O. Wills's industry is recorded as tobacco industry[16].

Ownership

W.D. & H.O. Wills's product or material produced is recorded as cigarette[21].

Dissolution

W.D. & H.O. Wills was dissolved in +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].

Why It Matters

W.D. & H.O. Wills ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . collectiegelderland.nl. Retrieved . collectiegelderland.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . collectiegelderland.nl. Retrieved . collectiegelderland.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . CollectieGelderland. Retrieved . 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.

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