Stephen Mitchell (philanthropist)
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Stephen Mitchell (philanthropist)
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Stephen Mitchell was a Scottish tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Mitchell Library, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, one of the earliest public reference libraries in Europe. Succeeding his father in business, Mitchell was Director of Stephen Mitchell & Son for approximately 38 years, and was a significant figure in 19th-century tobacco manufacturing, then one of the largest industries in the West of Scotland.
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Scottish founder of Mitchell Library
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2024-04-14T17:51:49Z
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