| LC control no. | n 80097470 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sanders, Harland, 1890-1980 |
| Variant(s) | Colonel Sanders, 1890-1980 Sanders, Colonel, 1890-1980 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Corbin (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1890-09-09 |
| Death date | 1980-12-16 |
| Place of birth | Henryville (Ind.) |
| Place of death | Shelbyville (Ky.) |
| Field of activity | Franchising Service stations |
| Affiliation | Kentucky Fried Chicken (Firm) |
| Profession or occupation | Restaurant owners |
| Found in | His Life as I have known it has been finger lickin' good, 1974. The entrepreneurs, an American adventure. Part 2, The land and its people [VR] 1991, c1986: container (Harland Sanders, father of the food franchise Kentucky Fried Chicken) New York Times, Dec. 17, 1980, in Lexis Nexis, Dec. 11, 2000 (Col. Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken; b. Sept. 9, 1890, Henryville, Ind.; d. Dec. 16, 1980, Shelbyville, Ky.) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 796 (Harland David Sanders. Moved to Corbin in 1930 where he operated a service station that he expanded to include a lunchroom that eventually seated 142 customers. Experimented with a variety of recipes for fried chicken. Restaurant burned in 1939 so Sanders rebuilt as a restaurant and motel. Business was good until the construction of I-75 which bypassed Corbin. Sanders auctioned the restaurant and motel and at age 66 began to sell franchises based on his fried chicken recipe. In 1960, moved the company to Shelbyville, Ky. Sold his franchising business to John Y. Brown, Jr. and Jack Massey.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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