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Charles Henry Dow

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Birthplace: Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Death: December 04, 1902 (51)
At home, 161 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States (cardiac arrest)
Place of Burial: 5 Branch Avenue, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles P. Dow and Harriet White Allen
Husband of Lucy M Dow

Occupation: Journalist, founder of the Wall Street Journal, inventor of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
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About Charles Dow

Charles Dow was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser.

Dow also co-founded The Wall Street Journal, which has become one of the most respected financial publications in the world. He also invented the Dow Jones Industrial Average as part of his research into market movements. He developed a series of principles for understanding and analyzing market behavior which later became known as Dow theory, the groundwork for technical analysis. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Sources

  • "Charles Dow." Wikipedia, revision of 24 October 2021. < link > Accessed 14 December 2021.
  • Moore, Aaron. "Charles Henry Dow (1851 - 1902)." WikiTree, published 30 April 2021. < link > Accessed 14 December 2021.
  • Woodward, Walt. "Financier Charles Dow Joins the New York Stock Exchange." Today in Connecticut History, published 24 December 2020. < link > Accessed 14 December 2021.
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Charles Dow's Timeline

1851
November 6, 1851
Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
1902
December 4, 1902
Age 51
At home, 161 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
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North Burial Ground, 5 Branch Avenue, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States