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Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree
C.H., LL.D., D.H.L., R.St.O.O.
1871 -1954
"A
sudden sweetness of peace I found,
A garment of gladness wrapped me round;
I felt from the law of works released,
The strife of the flesh and spirit ceased,
My faith to a full assurance grew,
And all I had hoped for myself I knew."
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITIER
Married Miss Lydia Potter 1897
Four sons and one daughter
Joseph Seebohm, Mary, Peter, Philip |
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Book:-
The
Human Factor in Business by J.S.Rowntree
A TRIBUTE
TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF
B.S.R.
OFFERED BY ROWNTREE & CO. LTD.
THE BUSINESS HE SERVED WITH
SUCH DISTINCTION
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Item
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Foreword
by MR. WILLIAM WALLACE, C.B.E. CHAIRMAN, ROWNTREE & CO. LTD. |
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Item
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MINUTE
OF THE ROWNTREE BOARD 12th OCTOBER, 1954 |
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MEMORIAL
MEETING , AT THE COCOA WORKS, YORK
11th OCTOBER, 1954 |
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OPENING
by MR. N.G. SPARKES, Chairman of the Central Works'
Council |
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MR.
WILLIAM WALLACE, C.B.E. |
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SIR ROBERT HYDE,
K.B.E., M. V .0.
Founder and first Director of the Industrial Welfare
Society |
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MISS
IRENE PICKUP, B.E.M.,
Formerly
Production Assistant in the Cream Department
and at one time principal Woman Shop Steward |
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MR. H.
CALPIN
Chief Factory Shop Steward |
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MR. G. S.
CROSSLEY,
Labour and Production Director |
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DR. C.
H. NORTHCOTT,
Former
Labour Manager writes:-
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MR. J. D. S.
HIGHMAN,
Former Yorkshire and North Derbyshire Secretary of the
National Union of General and Municipal Workers) writes: |
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MR. J. W. STERLAND, J
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Present Yorkshire and North Derbyshire Secretary of the
National Union of General and Municipal Workers, writes:- |
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Lt. Col.
L. F. URWICK, O.B.E., M.C.
( at
the European Management Conference, Torquay , on
20th October, 1954)
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Item 14.
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PAUL S. CADBURY,
C.B.E.
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Extracts
from the Address by the
RIGHT REVEREND LESLIE S. HUNTER
Bishop of Sheffield
at the
Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of
B. SEEBOHM ROWNTREE
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THE TIMES -
Obituary |
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THE YORKSHIRE POST
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Obituary |
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