Statue Of John Harrison

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CITY SQUARE Statue of John Harrison

(Formerly Listed as: CITY SQUARE Statues of Joseph Priestley, Dean Hook, John Harrison and James Watt)

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Statue of John Harrison. 1903. By HC Fehr. Polished granite plinth with bronze plaque and raised lettering: 'JOHN/ HARRISON/ 1576-1656'. Life-size bronze statue on a square plinth with raised lettering to front: 'THE GIFT OF/ COUNCILLOR RICHARD BOSTON 1903'. One of 4 statues of prominent men which stood on the balustrade of the City Square designed by William Bakewell for T Walter Harding and completed 1903. HISTORICAL NOTE: John Harrison was the son of a Leeds cloth merchant who inherited a considerable fortune and devoted much of it to supporting the poor of the town. Among his charitable acts was the rebuilding of the Grammar School, the construction of Church of St John, Mark Lane (qv), and Harrison's Almshouses, Raglan Road (qv). (Burt, S & Grady, K: War, Plague and Trade, Leeds in the C17: 17).

Listing NGR: SE2986733452