Horace Kadoorie
Horace Kadoorie | |
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| Born | 28 September 1902 |
| Died | 22 April 1995 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist |
Sir Horace Kadoorie, CBE (28 September 1902 – 22 April 1995) was an industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist.[1] He was a member of the Kadoorie family.
Early life and education
In 1913–14, he spent a year at Clifton College[2] and was a member of Polacks House, a boarding house solely for Jewish boys at Clifton.
Personal life
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His father was Sir
Bombay, British India, in the mid-18th century. Kadoorie and his brother, Sir Lawrence Kadoorie, worked for Victor Sassoon
during the 1920s and 1930s, and managed his Shanghai hotel. They also worked for their father, the industrialist Sir Elly Kadoorie.
He and his brother formed
Magsaysay Award
for public service in 1962.
They were also appointed Chevaliers of the
Gorkha Dakshin Bahu
(First Class) Award, for his work in helping Gurkha soldiers readjust to rural life after leaving the British military. Sir Horace Kadoorie died in Hong Kong on 22 April 1995.
He was buried in the Jewish Cemetery in Happy Valley, Hong Kong.
Philanthropy
Among Sir Horace's philanthropies was a school that became a haven for Jewish refugee children in the
See also
References
- New York Times. 26 April 1995. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p327: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
- ^ "Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Search Results". collections.ushmm.org. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-879094-73-4.
- ^ Cox, Billy. "Sarasota Holocaust survivor Sigmund Tobias, who fled to China during WWII, featured on PBS". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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