David Lewis (English merchant)
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For other people with the same name, see David Lewis (disambiguation).
David Lewis (c. 1823 ā 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]