John Rylands case in the law of tort Notes Bibliography John Rylands John Rylands (7 February 1801 – 11 December 1888) was an English entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the owner of the largest textile manufacturing concern in the United Kingdom, and Manchester's first multi-millionaire. After having learned to weave, Rylands became a small-scale manufacturer of hand-looms, while also working in the draper's shop which his father had opened in St Helens. He displayed a "precocious shrewdness" for retailing, and in partnership with his two elder brothers expanded into the wholesale trade. So successful were they that, in 1819, Rylands' father merged
City and University Library in Osijek founder was City Library, so it expanded its activities and assumed functions of university library, so it changed name to "City and University Library of Osijek", which it still carries. City and University Library in Osijek The City and University Library of Osijek () is the city library of Osijek and the central library of the University of Osijek. It is the biggest library in Slavonia and one of the bigger ones in Croatia. The City and University Library of Osijek was established as "Osijek City Library" () on 8 February 1949, by decision of City national committee of the