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In 1845, [[William Welch Deloitte]] opened an office in London, England. Deloitte was the first person to be appointed an independent auditor of a public company, namely the [[Great Western Railway]].<ref name="history">{{cite web| url=https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/about-deloitte.html| title=About Deloitte| work=Deloitte| access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref> He went on to open an office in New York in 1880.<ref name="history" /> | In 1845, [[William Welch Deloitte]] opened an office in London, England. Deloitte was the first person to be appointed an independent auditor of a public company, namely the [[Great Western Railway]].<ref name="history">{{cite web| url=https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/about-deloitte.html| title=About Deloitte| work=Deloitte| access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref> He went on to open an office in New York in 1880.<ref name="history" /> | ||
In 1890, Deloitte opened a branch office on [[Wall Street]] headed by Edward Adams and P.D. Griffiths as branch managers. This was Deloitte's first overseas venture. Other branches were soon opened in | In 1890, Deloitte opened a branch office on [[Wall Street]] headed by Edward Adams and P.D. Griffiths as branch managers. This was Deloitte's first overseas venture. Other branches were soon opened in Chicago and [[Buenos Aires]]. In 1898 P.D. Griffiths returned from New York and became a partner in the London office.<ref name="Book1">{{cite book|title=Deloitte & Co.|date=1959|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> | ||
In 1896, [[Charles Waldo Haskins]] and [[Elijah Watt Sells]] formed Haskins & Sells in New York.<ref name="history" /> It was later described as "the first major auditing firm to be established in the country by American rather than British accountants".<ref>[http://fisher.osu.edu/departments/accounting-and-mis/the-accounting-hall-of-fame/membership-in-hall/elijah-watt-sells Elijah Watt Sells] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704125102/http://fisher.osu.edu/departments/accounting-and-mis/the-accounting-hall-of-fame/membership-in-hall/elijah-watt-sells |date=4 July 2016 }}, "The Accounting Hall of Fame", [[Fisher College of Business]]. Retrieved 7 August 2013.</ref> | In 1896, [[Charles Waldo Haskins]] and [[Elijah Watt Sells]] formed Haskins & Sells in New York.<ref name="history" /> It was later described as "the first major auditing firm to be established in the country by American rather than British accountants".<ref>[http://fisher.osu.edu/departments/accounting-and-mis/the-accounting-hall-of-fame/membership-in-hall/elijah-watt-sells Elijah Watt Sells] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704125102/http://fisher.osu.edu/departments/accounting-and-mis/the-accounting-hall-of-fame/membership-in-hall/elijah-watt-sells |date=4 July 2016 }}, "The Accounting Hall of Fame", [[Fisher College of Business]]. Retrieved 7 August 2013.</ref> | ||