biography
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Rowntree, B(enjamin) Seebohm
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| lived:
| (1871–1954)
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| biography:
| Manufacturer and philanthropist, born in York, North Yorkshire, N England, UK, the son of Joseph Rowntree. He was chairman of the family chocolate firm (1925–41), and introduced enlightened schemes of worker-participation. He devoted his life to the study of social problems and welfare, and wrote many books, including Poverty: a Study of Town Life (1901), Poverty and Progress (1941), and Poverty and the Welfare State (1951). |
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