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See also:OWENS, See also:JOHN (1790-1846) , See also:English See also:merchant, was See also:born at See also:Manchester in 1790, the son of a prosperous merchant. See also:Early in See also:life he became a partner in his See also:father's business and was soon noted for his ability as a See also:cotton buyer. His business prospered, and the See also:firm traded with See also:China, See also:India, See also:South See also:America and the See also:United States, dealing in many other commodities. His large See also:fortune he suggested leaving to his friend and partner See also:George Faulkner (179o–186o), already a See also:rich See also:man. But by the latter's See also:advice he bequeathed it to trustees for the See also:foundation of a See also:college (Owens College, Manchester, opened 185r, now See also:part of See also:Victoria University), based upon his own ideas of See also:education. He died in Manchester on the 29th of See also:July 1846. His bequests to See also:friends and charities amounted to some £52,000, while for the college he See also:left £96,654. Among the conditions for its foundation the most important was that which discountenanced any sort of religious test for students or teachers.
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