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Samuel Fletcher was a solicitor and friend of George Faulkner.[citation needed] He was honorary secretary of the Manchester Association for the Promotion of Fine Arts around 1846.[1] He is believed to be the man that suggested to Faulkner that John Owens should leave his wealth to fund a university in Manchester.

The sculptor and phrenologist William Bally exhibited a bust of Fletcher in 1834.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Manchester Association for the Promotion of Fine Arts". The Manchester Guardian. 23 May 1846. p. 9.
  2. ^ "The Exhibition - Fourth Notice". The Manchester Guardian. 8 October 1834. p. 3.


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