Charles Darrow

American board game designer (1889-1967) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles Darrow
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Charles Darrow (10 August 1889 — 28 August 1967) was one of the founders of Monopoly.

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In the 1930s, Charles met Lizzie Maggie, founder of The Landlord’s Game, they played a game of that, and so that Charles Darrow became one of the founders of Monopoly.

In 1935, He sold Monopoly to Parker Brothers.

Darrow died on 28 August 1967, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania at the age of 78.

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