Background
Dick, Albert Blake was born on April 16, 1856 in in Bureau Company, Illinois, United States. Son of Adam and Rebecca (Wible) Dick.
Dick, Albert Blake was born on April 16, 1856 in in Bureau Company, Illinois, United States. Son of Adam and Rebecca (Wible) Dick.
Educational public schools.
He coined the word "mimeograph". Dick attended school in Galesburg, Illinois, then worked successively for the Brown manufacturing company, Deere & Mansur, and the Moline Lumber Company. He founded the A. B. Dick Company in 1883.
lieutenant was originally a lumber company before branching into office supplies.
Dick lived in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Married Alice South. Mathews, January 25, 1881. Married second, Mary Henrietta Mathews, June 1, 1892.