Who was Joseph Rowntree?

“A private man compelled by forces within him to become a public philanthropist” Chris Titley, Joseph Rowntree, 2013 Joseph Rowntree, the man who made Rowntrees into a household name, was an extraordinary figure in his own right – a philanthropist far ahead of his time, a progressive employer, a radical thinker and a social innovator.

Image from originals held at the Borthwick Institute for Archives.