Greenough Papers 1794-1855

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Greenough Papers 1794-1855

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University College London

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Greenough, George Bellas, 1778-1855

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George Bellas Greenough, 1778-1855

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Orphaned at an early age, George Bellas was brought up by his maternal grandfather Thomas Greenough, a successful apothecary. The boy was sent to Mr Cotton's school at Salthill at the age of six, and to Eton at the age of ten. He stayed there only a year, and in September 1789 entered Dr Thompson's school at Kensington. While he was at school he took the name Greenough at the request of his grandfather who had adopted him. In 1795 his grandfather died leaving him a fortune which enabled him, for...