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![]() ![]() ![]() As a salesman Ogilvy proved a great success. When Ogilvy had tired of la vie Parisienne he returned to England to sell a new type of cooking stove, the AGA. His first assignment was to prepare meals for customers’ dogs. In France, he worked in the kitchens of the Hotel Majestic. ![]() When he left university, the young Ogilvy sought adventure, trading the Cotswold stone of the Oxford colleges for the boulevards of Paris. What Ogilvy lacked in natural academic ability he made up for in scholarly application, securing a scholarship to study history at Christ Church College, Oxford University. ![]() Despite the family’s reduced financial circumstances Ogilvy was dispatched to Fettes School, a prestigious private school near Edinburgh, Scotland. He was destined for a privileged upbringing until his father met financial ruin following the outbreak of World War I. The son of a stockbroker, David Ogilvy was born in 1911. Ogilvy on Advertising by David Oglivy, Crown, 1983. Resources Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Oglivy, Atheneum, 1963 Blood, Brains & Beer by David Oglivy, Atheneum, 1978. ![]()
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