Ralph Lane Polk
Portrait of Ralph L. Polk, ca.1905
Ralph Lane Polk (1849–1923) was an American compiler of facts and publisher of directories. Born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, Polk was educated at the Pennington School, New Jersey. He became a successful Detroit publisher and president of R.L. Polk & Co.[1][2][3] He belonged to the Association of North American Directory Publishers. His son, Ralph Lane Polk Jr. (born 1911), was a later president of the company[4] which was acquired by IHS Inc. on July 15, 2013.[5]
References[]
- ^ Herringshaw, T. W., Herringshaw's national library of American biography, 1909-1914
- ^ Albert Nelson Marquis (1914), The Book of Detroiters, Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company
- ^ Livingstone, William (1900). Livingstone's History of the Republican Party.
- ^ Who's Who in the Midwest, 6th ed., 1958
- ^ "R.L. Polk & Co. (POLL)". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
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