William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme

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William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, was a British industrialist and philanthropist who co-founded the soap-manufacturing giant Lever Brothers (later Unilever) and became notable for his model villages and social welfare initiatives for workers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1851-09-19 ⓘ
businessDomain consumer goods ⓘ
soap industry ⓘ
coFounded Lever Brothers ⓘ
companyEventuallyBecame Unilever ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1925-05-07 ⓘ
employer Lever Brothers ⓘ
familyName Lever ⓘ
founded Port Sunlight ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
honorificTitle 1st Viscount Leverhulme ⓘ
implemented improved housing for workers ⓘ
pension schemes for employees ⓘ
profit-sharing schemes for workers ⓘ
reduced working hours for employees ⓘ
inspiredBy model village movement ⓘ
knownFor model village development ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
soap manufacturing ⓘ
workers' welfare initiatives ⓘ
legacy contributed to the formation of Unilever ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Leverhulme ⓘ
Baronet ⓘ
Viscount Leverhulme ⓘ
notableProject development of Port Sunlight garden village ⓘ
notableWork Lever Brothers ⓘ
Port Sunlight ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
owned estates on the Isle of Lewis ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Port Sunlight (area within Wirral constituency) ⓘ
Wirral ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bolton ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Hampstead ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Member of Parliament ⓘ
purchased Isle of Lewis estates ⓘ
linked to: Isle of Lewis
religion Congregationalism ⓘ

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Rivington → associatedWith → William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme ⓘ
Lady Lever Art Gallery → namedAfter → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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Lady Lever Art Gallery → founder → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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Lady Lever Art Gallery → significantCollector → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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Port Sunlight → foundedBy → William Lever ⓘ
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Leverhulme Medal → namedAfter → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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Rivington Terraced Gardens → commissionedBy → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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Rivington Terraced Gardens → commissionedBy → Lord Leverhulme ⓘ
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William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme → honorificTitle → 1st Viscount Leverhulme ⓘ
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William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme → nobleTitle → Baron Leverhulme ⓘ
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William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme → nobleTitle → Viscount Leverhulme ⓘ
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Elizabeth Ellen Hulme → spouse → William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme ⓘ
The Lever Collection → hasCollector → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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The Lever Collection → formedBy → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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The Lever Collection → hasFounder → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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The Lever Collection → hasPatron → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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Port Sunlight Museum → mainSubject → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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Christ Church, Port Sunlight → associatedWith → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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Port Sunlight soap works → foundedBy → William Hesketh Lever ⓘ
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