Life’s Work Of Britain’s Richest Man —Three Volumes On Rodents
Britain’s richest man is putting the finishing touches to his life’s work. He is Sir John Reeves Eller - man, 39, whose fortune is estimated to be about. £37,000,000. He was 23 when his father, the shipping magnate, died, and left him £18,000,000 in shipping interests, land, breweries and newspapers. The young millionaire, with a vast business empire to rule, worked in retirement. In his 20-room villa at Eastbourne, Sir John pledged his staff to Some people believed that the villa was the home of Sir John’s butler. Sir John has worked in close collaboration with his wife, a former art student. His monumental work work will soon be made public. It is a 750,000-word treatise on rodents in three volumes, lavishly illustrated by Lady Ellerman.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 88, 30 August 1948, Page 7
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135Life’s Work Of Britain’s Richest Man—Three Volumes On Rodents Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 88, 30 August 1948, Page 7
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