Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree CH
(1871-1954)
Quaker, social reformer, social scientist, author, industrialist, and Companion of Honour (from 1931)
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Birthplace of Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871-1954) Quaker, innovator in business management, pioneering social scientist and author of 'Poverty, a Study of Town Life' (1901), which influenced the founders of the welfare state.
Penn House, 38 St Mary's, York, United Kingdom where they was born (1871)