Richard Churcher

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Richard Churcher (1659–1723) was a wealthy English businessman and philanthropist, who had made his fortune through interests in the British East India Company.

Life

He was born in Funtington, West Sussex, and following his death was buried there. He was apprenticed (1675-82) to John Jacob, an eminent citizen and barber-surgeon of London. Subsequently he engaged an the service of the East India Company and went to India. ^[1]

He founded British private school Churcher's College. His will, dated 1722, decreed that the College was to educate "10 or 12 local boys from Petersfield, of any age from 9 to 14, in the arts of writing, arithmetic, mathematics and navigation so they could be apprenticed to masters of ships sailing in the East Indies".^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Cooper 1887.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cooper, Thompson (1887). "Churcher, Richard". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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