Edwin Manton, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdwin Manton
British art collector
Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1909
Date of Death: 01-Oct-2005
Profession: art collector
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Edwin Manton
- Sir Edwin Alfred Grenville Manton (22 January 1909 – 1 October 2005) was an English art collector.
- He was a driving force in the creation of the American International Group (AIG), a collector of paintings by John Constable and his contemporaries, and a generous benefactor to the arts, the church and medicine. Knighted in 1994 for charitable services to the Tate Gallery he was, after Sir Henry Tate, the most generous benefactor in its history and continued to involve himself in the affairs of the gallery well into his 90s.
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