biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1897–1991)
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| biography:
| Businessman and philanthropist, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He quit school at 15 to become a salesman, joined Great Universal Stores as a buyer (1932), became managing director (1934), and greatly expanded the business, retiring as life-president (1987). In 1955 he set up the Wolfson Foundation for the advancement of health, education, and youth activities in the UK and the Commonwealth, and as a devout Jew was active in Jewish causes. He was made a baronet in 1962. In 1973 University College, Cambridge, was renamed Wolfson College after a grant from the foundation. |
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