Richard Copley Christie
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Richard Copley Christie (22 July 1830 – 9 January 1901) was an
Early life and education
He was born at
Career
Philanthropy
Christie was a friend of the industrialist Sir
He was president of the Whitworth Institute from 1890 to 1895 and was much interested in the medical and other charities of Manchester, especially the Cancer Pavilion and Home, of whose committee he was chairman from 1890 to 1893, and which later became the Christie Hospital.[1] In October 1893 the freedom of the city of Manchester was conferred upon him and on his surviving fellow legatee, R. D. Darbishire.
Chancellor of the diocese
From 1872 to 1894, Christie was Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester. In that capacity, he advised Bishop of Manchester James Fraser on the matters that led to the imprisonment of the Rev. Sidney Faithorn Green under the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874.
Bibliophily
Christie was an enthusiastic book collector, and bequeathed to
Death
Christie died at Ribsden in
Scholarship
He was the author of a number of essays and contributions to periodicals, some of which were published after his death.[2] He was a Member of the Chetham Society, serving as a Member of Council from 1868, as vice-president in 1882–3, and as president from 1884 until 1901.[3]
References
- ^ A. W. Ward, ‘Christie, Richard Copley (1830–1901)’, rev. M. C. Curthoys, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 20 Dec 2007, paid registration required
- ^ "Selected Papers, 1902". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Chetham Society: Officers and Council" (PDF). Chetham Society. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
Sources
- Manchester book collectors, by Brenda J. Scragg
- Rigg, J. Anthony (1968) "A comparative history of the libraries of Manchester and Liverpool Universities up to 1903", in: Saunders, W. L., ed. University and Research Library Studies: some contributions from the University of Sheffield Post-graduate School of Librarianship and Information Science. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1968
- Charles Leigh, "Catalogue of the Christie Collection : Comprising the Printed Books and Manuscripts Bequeathed to the Library of the University of Manchester by the Late Richard Copley Christie, LL. D.", Manchester: University Press, 1915, available at Archive.org
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Christie, Richard Copley". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 291.
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