Charles Darrow

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Charles Brace Darrow (August 10, 1889 – August 28, 1967) was an American board game designer often credited as the inventor of the board game Monopoly, which was published by Parker Brothers in 1935. However, the game's origins trace back to a Quaker folk game also called "Monopoly", which itself was influenced by another game called "The Landlord's Game" (also influenced by earlier board games), and patented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904. Darrow encountered this heavily modified version of Magie's game, made innovations and updates, then sold it to Parker Brothers, which marketed him as the sole inventor. The folk Game and the landlords game were largely ignored or forgotten until later historical research brought it to light in the late twentieth century.

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