Thomas Ferens, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Ferens

Politician, Industrialist, Philanthropist

Date of Birth: 04-May-1847

Date of Death: 09-May-1930

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Thomas Robinson Ferens (4 May 1847 – 9 May 1930) was a British Liberal politician, a philanthropist, and an industrialist.
He was the Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East for 13 years, and served the city as a Justice of the Peace and as High Steward.
He helped establish Reckitt and Sons, a manufacturer of household goods, as one of Kingston upon Hull's foremost businesses.
His career with the company spanned 61 years—from his initial employment as a confidential and shorthand clerk until his death, as chairman, in 1930. In the House of Commons, Ferens spoke to further the cause of Women's Rights.
He supported women's suffrage at home, and repeatedly drew attention to the trafficking of women and girls in the colonies.
But never a great orator, and by nature a retiring man, much of his work at Westminster was completed in the committee rooms, away from the limelight.
He did not seek re-election after being unseated in an acrimonious campaign in 1918. A devout Wesleyan Methodist, Ferens made numerous charitable donations throughout his life.
His gifts to Hull include the Ferens Art Gallery and a donation of £250,000 for the establishment of University College (now the University of Hull).
He is memorialized in the University's motto: Lampada Ferens.
In other parts of the country he made substantial donations to schools, hospitals and charitable organisations.



Description	British painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death	27 November 1853	17 October 1928
Location of birth/death	London	London
Authority control	: Q684057 VIAF: 69203451 ISNI: 0000 0000 8391 7324 ULAN: 500001915 LCCN: nr92018075 NLA: 35577515 WorldCat