See also:JOHN See also:OWENS (1790-1846)
, See also:English See also:merchant, was See also:born at See also:Manchester in 1790, the son of a prosperous merchant
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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
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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
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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
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But by the latter's See also:advice he bequeathed it to trustees for the See also:foundation of a See also:college (See also:Owens College, Manchester, opened 185r, now See also:part of See also:Victoria University), based upon his own ideas of See also:education
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He died in Manchester on the 29th of See also:July 1846
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His bequests to See also:friends and charities amounted to some £52,000, while for the college he See also:left £96,654
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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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