Humphrey Chetham

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Humphrey Chetham was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist best known for founding Chetham's Hospital and Library in Manchester.

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Humphrey Chetham canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
associatedWith Chetham's Hospital and Library, Manchester ⓘ
linked to: Chetham’s Library
birthPlace Crumpsall ⓘ
near Manchester ⓘ
burialPlace Manchester Cathedral ⓘ
businessActivity cloth trade ⓘ
fustian trade ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
declinedPosition knighthood ⓘ
educatedAt Manchester Grammar School ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
father Henry Chetham ⓘ
founded Chetham's Hospital ⓘ
Chetham's Library ⓘ
linked to: Chetham’s Library
hasPartInWill endowment for a boys' hospital ⓘ
endowment for a public library ⓘ
heritageDesignationOfFoundation oldest public library in the English-speaking world ⓘ
knownFor establishing a free public library ⓘ
supporting education for poor boys ⓘ
legacy Chetham's School of Music ⓘ
libraryCollectionFocus classics ⓘ
history ⓘ
theology ⓘ
mother Jane Wroe ⓘ
movement English philanthropy ⓘ
notableFor founding Chetham's Hospital ⓘ
founding Chetham's Library ⓘ
philanthropy in Manchester ⓘ
occupation merchant ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
philanthropicFocus education ⓘ
poor relief ⓘ
placeOfActivity Manchester ⓘ
positionHeld High Sheriff of Lancashire ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Church of England ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
residence Clayton Hall ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
Turton Tower ⓘ
sibling George Chetham ⓘ

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Chetham's School of Music → namedAfter → Humphrey Chetham ⓘ
Chetham’s Library → foundedBy → Humphrey Chetham ⓘ
Chetham’s Library → namedAfter → Humphrey Chetham ⓘ