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PricewaterhouseCoopers has been
created by the merger of two firms - Price Waterhouse
and Coopers & Lybrand - each with historical roots
going back some 150 years. Set out below are some key
milestones in the history of both firms.
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| 1849 |
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Samuel Lowell Price sets up in business
in London |
| 1854 |
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William Cooper establishes his own
practice in London, which seven years later becomes
Cooper Brothers |
| 1865 |
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Price, Holyland and Waterhouse join
forces in partnership 1874 Name changes to Price,
Waterhouse & Co. |
| 1898 |
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Robert H. Montgomery, William M. Lybrand,
Adam A. Ross Jr. and his brother T. Edward Ross form
Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery |
| 1957 |
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Cooper Brothers & Co (UK), McDonald,
Currie and Co (Canada) and Lybrand, Ross Bros &
Montgomery (US) merge to form Coopers &
Lybrand |
| 1982 |
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Price Waterhouse World Firm formed |
| 1990 |
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Coopers & Lybrand merges with
Deloitte Haskins & Sells in a number of countries
around the world |
| 1998 |
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Worldwide merger of Price Waterhouse and
Coopers & Lybrand to create
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
