David_Lewis_(English_merchant)
David Lewis (English merchant)
British merchant and philanthropist
David Lewis (c. 1823 – 4 December 1885), was a British merchant and philanthropist. The founder of Lewis's department store in Liverpool, in 1879 he conceived the idea of the world's first Christmas grotto, entitled 'Christmas Fairyland'.[1] This first is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.[1]