Philip Morris (tobacconist)

Philip Morris (1835–1873) was a British tobacconist and cigarette importer whose name was later used for Philip Morris Inc. Ltd. established in New York City in 1902.

Philip Morris was the son of a recent immigrant to England from Germany who had taken the name Bernard Morris. In 1847, Philip Morris's family opened a tobacco shop on Bond Street in London. By 1854, he had started making his own cigarettes. In 1870, Morris began to produce Philip Morris Cambridge and Philip Morris Oxford Blues (later called Oxford Ovals and Philip Morris Blues).

Morris died in 1873 while his widow Margaret and brother Leopold Morris carried on his cigarette trade.

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