John Emary
British tailor and businessman
About John Emary
Born 1810. John Emary was a British.
John Emary (born 1810 or 1811) was a British tailor and businessman, and the founder of the fashion brand Aquascutum.
Biography John Emary was born in Lullingstone, Kent in either 1810 or 1811.
In 1851, Emary opened a menswear shop in London's Regent Street. Later in the 1850s, he patented a method of producing a water-repellent textile, and founded Aquascutum, using the Latin aqua (water) and scutum (shield).
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Who was John Emary?
British tailor and businessman
When was John Emary born?
John Emary was born in 1810 in Lullingstone.
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John Emary was British.
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