Richard Steiff (1877-1939)

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Name (English)
Richard Steiff
Short name
Richard Steiff
Year of birth
1877
Year of death
1939
Short Description
Richard Steiff (February 7, 1877 – March 30, 1939) was a German designer, known for helping create the teddy bear. In 1897 he joined Steiff, a stuffed toy company founded in his hometown Giengen by his aunt Margarete Steiff, and gave the company an enormous boost by creating stuffed animals from drawings made at the zoo.
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