Who was AB Dick? Here’s what WIKI has to say…

Albert Blake Dick (April 16, 1856 – August 15, 1934) was a businessman who founded the A.B. Dick Company, a major American copier and office supply company of the 20th Century.^[1] He coined the word “mimeograph“.^{[citation needed]}

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; it was originally a lumber company before branching into office supplies.^[1]

Dick lived in Lake Forest, Illinois.^[1] His son Sheldon relied on the Dick fortune in support of his career in publishing, photography, and film.