Susan Baskervile
Part owner of three London theatres during the period of English Renaissance theatre.
English, Entrepreneur, Female
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Frederick Becker
Industrialist with worldwide interests in the manufacture of pulp and paper, owner of Ellon Castle estate from 1919–1929.
Actor, English, Entrepreneur, Female, Theatre
Sarah Baker
English actor, theatre manager, and one of the most successful self-made women of her time.
English, Entrepreneur, Male, Painter
George Tutill
Artist and entrepreneur who started a business at the age of 20, manufacturing banners and regalia.
English, Entrepreneur, Male, Transport
John Greenwood
John Greenwood (1788–1851) was the keeper of a toll-gate in Pendleton on the Manchester to Liverpool turnpike, who In 1824 inaugurated the United Kingdom’s first omnibus service.
Cook, English, Entrepreneur, Female
Elizabeth Raffald
18th-century English entrepreneur, author of The Experienced English Housekeeper, and possible inventor of the Eccles cake.
