Talk:Michael Rowntree

A fact from Michael Rowntree appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 November 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Michael Rowntree was Chairman of Oxfam for six years, and is one of only two people ever to be elected as its Chair Emeritus?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/November.

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Birth Place[edit]

The obituaries give York as "his home town". Wikipedia and sites that copy it are the only ones I can find which quote Roundhay. If he really was born in Leeds, please provide a (non-circular) reference.Chemical Engineer (talk) 18:08, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]