Joseph Rowntree
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Joseph Rowntree may be:
- Joseph Rowntree (educationist)Joseph Rowntree (educationist)Joseph Rowntree was an English educationist and shopkeeper.Rowntree was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, the son of the Quakers John Rowntree and his wife, Elizabeth Lotherington . In 1822 he started a grocery shop in York. The business was successful...
(1801–1859), English grocer and educational reformer - Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist)Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist)Joseph Rowntree was a Quaker philanthropist and businessman from York, England. Rowntree is perhaps best known for being a champion of social reform and his time as a chocolatier at family business Rowntree's, one of the most important in Britain...
(1836–1925), son of the above, English chocolate manufacturer and philanthropist - Joseph Rowntree (Canadian)Joseph Rowntree (Canadian)Joseph Rowntree was pioneer in north Etobicoke village of Thistletown and established two mills on the banks of the Humber River. In 1843 he built a sawmill on the east bank of the river. Five years later, he built a grist mill on the west bank...
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1843), Canadian pioneer and mill owner