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  1. 1Titus SaltTitus SaltBorn 20 Sept 1803Salt moved his alpaca and wool mill out of polluted Bradford in 1851 and built Saltaire beside it: stone houses with running water, a school, a hospital, almshouses, an institute with a library and a park, though famously no pub. It was paternalist, and the rules were his. The village outlived the…0i
  2. 2George CadburyGeorge CadburyCadbury built Bournville village south of Birmingham from 1893 for workers and non-workers alike, with gardens, parks and schools, and in 1900 handed it to the Bournville Village Trust so the estate could not be sold off for profit. The trust still manages thousands of homes and green spaces, run…0i
  3. 3Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist)Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist)Born 24 May 1836The York cocoa maker Joseph Rowntree began New Earswick, a garden village for working families, in 1902 and two years later set up trusts that still exist: the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, a social research charity, and the housing trust that runs the village. Unlike many philanthropists of his day,…0i
  4. 4Jesse Boot, 1st Baron TrentJesse Boot, 1st Baron TrentBorn 2 Jun 1850Boot, founder of the Boots chain, gave Nottingham the Highfields estate and money for the new campus of University College in the 1920s, which became the University of Nottingham, plus land for a park and boating lake still used by the public. A women's hall of residence, Florence Boot Hall,…0i
  5. 5Andrew CarnegieAndrew CarnegieBorn 25 Nov 1835Beyond his libraries, Carnegie's most local gift went to his birthplace. In 1903 he bought the Pittencrieff estate in Dunfermline, whose grounds he had been barred from as a boy, gave it to the town as a public park and set up the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust to fund local amenities such as baths and…0i
  6. 6Julius RosenwaldJulius RosenwaldBorn 12 Aug 1862Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck, worked with Booker T. Washington to build schools for Black children in the segregated rural South. From 1912 to 1932 his fund helped build nearly 5,000 schools, but it required local communities to raise matching money and labour, which meant Black families…0i
  7. 7John Moores (British businessman)John Moores (British businessman)Born 25 Jan 1896Moores, founder of Littlewoods pools and stores, put much of his fortune back into Liverpool: he chaired Everton and invested heavily in the club, founded the John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery in 1957, still running, and his foundation supported local causes. Liverpool…0i
  8. 8Jack HaywardJack HaywardBorn 14 Jun 1923Hayward made his money in Bahamas property and spent much of it on causes at home: he bought Lundy Island for the National Trust in 1969, funded the restoration of Brunel's SS Great Britain, and from 1990 poured tens of millions into rebuilding Wolverhampton Wanderers, the club he had supported as…0
  9. 9Jack WalkerJack WalkerBorn 19 May 1929Walker grew a family sheet-metal business into Walkersteel, sold it to British Steel in 1989, and spent part of the proceeds on Blackburn Rovers, his home-town club. He rebuilt Ewood Park, funded the team that won the Premier League in 1995 and set up a trust to keep supporting the club after his…0i
  10. 10Mike IlitchMike IlitchBorn 20 Jul 1929Ilitch, founder of Little Caesars pizza, and his wife Marian bought the Detroit Red Wings and Tigers and restored the Fox Theatre when the city centre was emptying, and he quietly paid Rosa Parks's rent for years. His family's later District Detroit arena project won large public subsidies while…0i