William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme

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British peer human

William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, was a British industrialist and philanthropist who co-founded the soap-manufacturing giant Lever Brothers (later Unilever) and became notable for his model villages and social welfare initiatives for workers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
William Hesketh Lever 3
William Lever 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1851-09-19 ⓘ
businessDomain consumer goods ⓘ
soap industry ⓘ
coFounded Lever Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
companyEventuallyBecame Unilever NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1925-05-07 ⓘ
employer Lever Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Lever NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded Port Sunlight NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
honorificTitle 1st Viscount Leverhulme NERFINISHED ⓘ
implemented improved housing for workers ⓘ
pension schemes for employees ⓘ
profit-sharing schemes for workers ⓘ
reduced working hours for employees ⓘ
inspiredBy model village movement ⓘ
knownFor model village development ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
soap manufacturing ⓘ
workers' welfare initiatives ⓘ
legacy contributed to the formation of Unilever ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Leverhulme NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baronet ⓘ
Viscount Leverhulme NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableProject development of Port Sunlight garden village ⓘ
notableWork Lever Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Port Sunlight NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
owned estates on the Isle of Lewis ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Port Sunlight (area within Wirral constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wirral NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Hampstead NERFINISHED ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
positionHeld Member of Parliament ⓘ
purchased Isle of Lewis estates NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rivington → associatedWith → William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme ⓘ
Lady Lever Art Gallery → namedAfter → William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Hesketh Lever
Lady Lever Art Gallery → founder → William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Hesketh Lever
Lady Lever Art Gallery → significantCollector → William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Hesketh Lever
Port Sunlight → foundedBy → William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Lever