George Williams (YMCA) later merged into Concordia University, with its former campus retaining the name Sir George Williams Campus. George Williams (YMCA) Sir George Williams (11 October 18216 November 1905) was an English philanthropist and founder of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). The oldest and largest youth charity in the world, its aim is to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities. Williams was born on a farm in Dulverton, Somerset, England and baptized into the Church of England. As a young man, he described himself as a "careless, thoughtless, godless, swearing young fellow". After an accident, his
Bell's Life in London came too late. Contributors included: Bell's Life in London Bell's Life in London, and Sporting Chronicle was an English weekly sporting paper published as a pink broadsheet between 1822 and 1886. "Bell's Life" was founded by Robert Bell, a London printer-publisher. Bell sold it to William Innell Clement, owner of "The Observer", in 1824 or 1825, and the paper swallowed up a competitor, "Pierce Egan's Life in London and Sporting Guide". From 1824 to 1852 it was edited by Vincent George Dowling, "during which time "Bell's Life" became Britain's leading sporting newspaper, without which no gentleman's Sunday was quite complete".