William H. Rand

He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and as a young man was an apprentice at his brothers' print shop in Boston.

In 1856, he returned to Boston for a short time before moving to Chicago and opening a print shop in June of that year.

Two years later he hired an Irish immigrant, Andrew McNally, to work in his shop for $9 per week.

The two formally established Rand, McNally & Co. in 1868 and became one of the biggest and best-known map publishers in history.

He died in New Canaan, Connecticut, at his daughter's home after being ill for some time.