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Founding of Abbott Alkaloidal Company
- When
- 1888
- Where
- Ravenswood, Chicago
Wallace C. Abbott founded the Abbott Alkaloidal Company in 1888 in Ravenswood, Chicago, at age 30.
Abbott, a 1885 graduate of the University of Michigan, established the company in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago. This founding event created the entity that would eventually become Abbott Laboratories.
Sources
- Abbott Laboratories Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19
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