Talk:Richard Steiff

A fact from Richard Steiff appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 March 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that German toymaker Richard Steiff's invention of a toy bear received highest honors at the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair?

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Inventing the teddy bear[edit]

The invention of the teddy bear has also been attributed to Morris Michtom (and his wife Rose).

"Teddy Bear History - Invention of the Teddy Bear". The Great Idea Finder. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
Mary Bellis. "History of the Teddy Bear". about.com. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
"Rose and Morris Michtom and the Invention of the Teddy Bear". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
"History of the Teddy Bear". The Teddy Bear Museum. Retrieved 2007-03-12.

The last reference, the Teddy Bear Museum, gives some context.

1894 - an early stuffed bear by German toy company Gebrüder Sussenguth.
1897 - Steiff company toy has toy bear in catalogue and at toy fair
1899 - Margaret Steiff gets patent on a few soft toy bears
1902 - Morris Michtom sells the first "Teddy’s Bear" in his toy shop in the U.S.

So, "teddy bear" and even toy bear / stuffed bear are not correct. — ERcheck (talk) 03:03, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to remove the statement from the introduction that he is credited with "inventing the Teddy bear". — ERcheck (talk) 03:09, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]