Ralph Lane Polk
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 still exists in 2013.[5]
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- ↑ Herringshaw, T. W., Herringshaw's national library of American biography, 1909-1914
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