biography
| name: |
Fettes, Sir William
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pronunciation:
[fetiz]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1750–1836)
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| biography:
| Scottish merchant and philanthropist. He made a fortune from tea and wine, was twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh and left £166 000 to found Fettes College (1870), designed by David Bryce (1803–76). |
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