Editing Alexander MacRae (section)

==Biography==
===Early life===
MacRae was born in 1889 in [[Applecross]], [[Ross, Scotland]], the son of Murdo and Annie MacRae.<ref>''1901 Scotland Census''</ref><ref>''Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985''</ref>  In 1910, he immigrated to Australia.

===Career===
It was in 1914 that he founded the [[hosiery]] company MacRae Knitting Mills in Regent St Sydney, Australia.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} In 1918, the company moved into a larger factory in Camperdown. The company was growing quickly, which required more space to manufacture what was becoming an icon of Australia. In 1928, a competition was held to see who could come up with a new name for the business.  The name "Speedo" was born and it is the company's name to this day.<ref>{{cite web|title=INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE: SPEEDO KNITTING MILLS PTY LIMITED|url=http://www.willoughbydhs.org.au/History/Industries/Speedo.html|work=willoughbydhs.org.au|accessdate=8 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022080617/http://www.willoughbydhs.org.au/History/Industries/Speedo.html|archive-date=22 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later, he flew to America and set the business up there.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

===Personal life===
He married Martha MacRae. They had five sons and a daughter: Alisdair, William, James, Ronald, Duncan, and Jean. All of their sons became directors of Speedo. MacRae died on {{start date|1938|11|30|df=y}}, aged 50.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clan-macrae.org.uk/scotland/articles.cfm?ID=41 |title=People: Alexander MacRae - Speedo |website=www.clan-macrae.org.uk |access-date=2017-06-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204503/http://www.clan-macrae.org.uk/scotland/articles.cfm?ID=41 |archivedate=2015-09-23 }}</ref>