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John Henry Davies

1864 - 1927

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John Henry Davies (c. 1864 – 24 October 1927) was a wealthy British brewery owner who in 1902 took over the football club Manchester United, which was then called Newton Heath. The club was struggling with a debt of £2,670 at the time. Davies was born in Tutbury, Staffordshire, the fifth of nine children of David Davies, a Welsh engineer from Mold, Flintshire, and Susannah Nield Davies, from Bunbury, Cheshire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Henry Davies is the 636th most popular businessperson (down from 505th in 2019), the 5,015th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,499th in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, John Henry Davies ranks 636 out of 847. Before him are Jerry Jones, Li Shufu, Niklas Zennström, Ravil Maganov, Abigail Johnson, and Benjamin Vulliamy. After him are Irene Rosenfeld, Francesc Xavier Bultó, Joel Glazer, John C. Malone, Éric Boullier, and Maki Kaji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, John Henry Davies ranks 167. Before him are Emine Semiye Önasya, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Thomas Walker Arnold, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Alice Davenport, and Banjo Paterson. After him are Alfred John Keene, Antonín Sova, Oscar Baumann, Tully Marshall, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, and Jakob Jakobsen. Among people deceased in 1927, John Henry Davies ranks 145. Before him are Vincenzo Cerulli, Manuel Gondra, Max Weiss, Kristian Prestrud, Fernand Feyaerts, and Samuel Garman. After him are Luke Fildes, Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, Edward Henry Potthast, Charles Sprague Sargent, Ira Remsen, and Sybil Bauer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Henry Davies ranks 5,016 out of 8,785. Before him are Sheila Lerwill (1928), W. G. Grace (1848), Thomas Campbell (1777), Georgia Moffett (1984), Randolph Caldecott (1846), and Hugh N. Kennedy (1947). After him are Edward Lhuyd (1660), Victor Johnson (1883), Raymond Leppard (1927), Thomas Heywood (1574), C. H. Dodd (1884), and Ronald Drever (1931).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, John Henry Davies ranks 46. Before him are Fred Karno (1866), Anita Roddick (1942), Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (1971), William McGregor (1846), Alan Sugar (1947), and Benjamin Vulliamy (1747). After him are Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866), Chris Anderson (1961), Allan Williams (1930), Martin Whitmarsh (1958), Peter Hill-Wood (1936), and Henry Tate (1819).

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