Humphrey Chetham

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Humphrey Chetham was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist best known for founding Chetham's Hospital and Library in Manchester.

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Humphrey Chetham canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
merchant
associatedWith Chetham's Hospital and Library, Manchester
linked to: Chetham’s Library
birthPlace Crumpsall
near Manchester
burialPlace Manchester Cathedral
businessActivity cloth trade
fustian trade
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
declinedPosition knighthood
educatedAt Manchester Grammar School
era 17th century
father Henry Chetham
founded Chetham's Hospital
Chetham's Library
linked to: Chetham’s Library
hasPartInWill endowment for a boys' hospital
endowment for a public library
heritageDesignationOfFoundation oldest public library in the English-speaking world
knownFor establishing a free public library
supporting education for poor boys
legacy Chetham's School of Music
libraryCollectionFocus classics
history
theology
mother Jane Wroe
movement English philanthropy
notableFor founding Chetham's Hospital
founding Chetham's Library
philanthropy in Manchester
occupation merchant
philanthropist
philanthropicFocus education
poor relief
placeOfActivity Manchester
positionHeld High Sheriff of Lancashire
religiousAffiliation Church of England
Protestantism
residence Clayton Hall
Manchester
Turton Tower
sibling George Chetham

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Chetham's School of Music namedAfter Humphrey Chetham
Chetham’s Library foundedBy Humphrey Chetham
Chetham’s Library namedAfter Humphrey Chetham