See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN RYLANDS (18o1-1888)

RYLANDS (18o1-1888)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English manufacturer and See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at St Helens, See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, on the 7th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 18o1, and was educated at the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school in that See also:

• TOWN

town . In 1819 he, his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers and his See also:

• FATHER

father, a manufacturer of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton goods, founded the See also:

• FIRM

firm of See also:

• RYLANDS, JOHN (18o1-1888)

Rylands & Sons, cotton goods and See also:

• LINEN

linen manufacturers, at See also:

• WIGAN

Wigan . The business rapidly increased, dye-See also:

• WORKS

works and bleach-works were added, and the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of See also:

• COAL

coal under some of the firm's See also:

• PROPERTY

property added materially to its See also:

• WEALTH

wealth . In 1825 the partners became merchant's as well as manufacturers, and subsequently acquired See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills at See also:

• BOLTON (BOLTON-LE-MOORS)
• BOLTON (or BOULTON), EDMUND (1S75?-1633?)
• BOLTON, DUKES OF

Bolton and elsewhere . In 1847, his father being dead and his brothers having retired, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Rylands assumed entire See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the business, which in 1873 was turned into a limited liability See also:

• COMPANY

company . It has mills at See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester, Bolton, and Wigan, and is now probably the largest concern of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . John Rylands was a benefactor to various charities, and was one of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original financiers of the Manchester See also:

• SHIP

Ship See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal . He died at Stretford on the 11th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1888 . A permanent memorial, the John Rylands Library, was erected by his widow in Manchester in 1899 .