Edwin Manton

Male, Deceased Person

1909 – 2005

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Who was Edwin Manton?

Sir Edwin Alfred Grenville Manton was a driving force in the creation of the American International Group, a collector of paintings by John Constable and his contemporaries, and a generous benefactor to the arts, the church and medicine.

Knighted in 1994 for charitable services to the Tate Gallery he was, after Sir Henry Tate, the most generous benefactor in its history and continued to involve himself in the affairs of the gallery well into his 90s.

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Born
Jan 22, 1909
Died
Oct 1, 2005

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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