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About John Rylands
John Rylands was an English entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the owner of the largest textile manufacturing concern in the United Kingdom, and Manchester's first multi-millionaire. He is well known for the library founded in his memory by his widow.
Everything about John Rylands →- Occupation
- textile merchant, businessperson, weaver
- Born
- February 7, 1801
- Died
- December 11, 1888