Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001052 - Wolfson, Leonard Gordon, Baron Wolfson of Marylebone in the City of Westminster (1927 - 2010)
Title:
Wolfson, Leonard Gordon, Baron Wolfson of Marylebone in the City of Westminster (1927 - 2010)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001052
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2010-10-14
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Wolfson, Leonard Gordon, Baron Wolfson of Marylebone in the City of Westminster (1927 - 2010), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Wolfson, Leonard Gordon, Baron Wolfson of Marylebone in the City of Westminster
Date of Birth:
1927
Place of Birth:
London, UK
Date of Death:
20 May 2010
Titles/Qualifications:
Bt 1962
Kt 1977
Hon FRCS 1988
Details:
Lord Wolfson was a businessman and an outstanding philanthropist. He was born in London, the only child of Edith and (later Sir) Isaac Wolfson, the son of Russian immigrants who had settled in Glasgow, and was educated at King’s School, Worcester. He succeeded to the Great Universal Stores business empire that had been established by his father. He ran the Wolfson Foundation and supported the Wolfson Colleges, which his father had established in Oxford and Cambridge, as well as many Jewish charities. He also built up a valuable art collection. He was elected to the Court of Patrons of our College in 1976 and was made an honorary fellow in 1988.
He married first Ruth Sterling, by whom he had four daughters, and, after a divorce, Estelle Feldman. He died on 20 May 2010.
Sources:
*The Times* 24 May 2010
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001000-E001099
Media Type:
Unknown
