# Eleanora Atherton

> Eleanora Atherton was an English philanthropist and heiress associated with Manchester during the late Georgian and Victorian periods. She funded churches, schools, hospitals, and charitable institutions across Manchester and Salford and became one of the wealthiest women in nineteenth-century Britain.

*Atherton, Eleanora (1782-1870), philanthropist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Business Professional
- **Category:** Business Professionals
- **Born:** 1782
- **Died:** 1870
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Eleanora Atherton was an English philanthropist and heiress associated with Manchester during the late Georgian and Victorian periods. She funded churches, schools, hospitals, and charitable institutions across Manchester and Salford and became one of the wealthiest women in nineteenth-century Britain.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 34.9
- **Momentum:** 1.7

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18576110)

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