Charles Henry Foyle was the inventor of the folding carton

Folding carton

The folding carton created the packaging industry as it is known today, beginning in the late 19th century. Basically, a folding carton is made of paperboard, and is cut, folded, laminated and printed for transport to manufacturers. The cartons are shipped flat to a manufacturer, which has its own...

 and founder of Boxfoldia in Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, England

England

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, in 1920; a company that was finally sold in 2003.

In 1940 he put £7,000 into a charitable trust, which after further significant additions had an annual income of £5,500 by 1952.

Charles Henry Foyle was related to Christina Foyle

Christina Foyle

Christina Agnes Lilian Foyle was an English bookseller and owner of Foyles bookshop.Miss Foyle was born in London. At age 17, after leaving a Swiss finishing school, she started working at her father's bookshop, and never left...

 the owner of Foyles

Foyles

W & G Foyle Ltd. is a bookshop at 113–119 Charing Cross Road, London, England. Foyles was once listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest bookshop in terms of shelf area and number of titles on display...

 bookshop in London

London

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. He died December 9, 1948.