Rowntree, Joseph, 1836-1925

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found: Wikipedia, viewed 22 October 2021(Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist); Joseph Rowntree (24 May 1836-24 February 1925); English Quaker philanthropist and businessman from York; best known for being a champion of social reform, partner and friend of Charles Booth, and his time as a chocolatier at family business Rowntree's; born and died in York; started working in his father's grocery business as an apprentice, and after his father's death in 1859 he took over the running, jointly managing the business with his brother John Stephenson Rowntree; in 1869 he joined his brother, Henry Isaac Rowntree, who owned a chocolate factory in York, formally establishing H.I. Rowntree & Co; when Henry Isaac died in 1883, Joseph became the owner of the company; in 1897, the unlimited partnership became a public limited liability company called Rowntree & Co; Rowntree's merged with John Mackintosh and Co. in 1969 and was taken over by Nestlé in 1988)