Scroll presented to Henry Tate by Liverpool City Council when he received the Freedom of the City.
(Image reproduced with permission of Tate and Lyle) |
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| 1881-2 |
Contributed £42,000 to the University College London plus larger donations to the Hahnemann Hospital and the Liverpool Royal Infirmary
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| 1891 |
Received honorary freedom of Liverpool
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| 1893 |
Built free libraries for the London Boroughs of Brixton, Streatham and Lambert
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| 1897 |
Built the National Gallery of British Art (Tate Gallery)
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| 1899 |
Donated £500 to Chorley Library for books |
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| Chorley Library c 1900 Tate donated £500 for books for the library |
"Although from early manhood disassociated with the town of his birth, he had not forgotten it and when Alderman Leigh a short time ago appealed to him on behalf of funds for furnishing the new public library, which is to be opened next week, he generously sent a donation of £500." |
