Osias Tager | |
Birth Date: | 21 June 1914 |
Birth Place: | Hannover, German Empire |
Death Place: | United Kingdom |
Nationality: | British |
Known For: | Philanthropy |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Spouse: | Minnie Tager |
Children: | Romie, Helen, Sharon, Henry |
Osias Tager (21 June 1914 – 26 March 2005) was a British businessman who was one of the founders of the Ravenswood community, a residential community for adults with learning difficulties.
Tager was born in Hannover, German Empire. He married Minnie who died from cancer in 1974 aged 54.[1] Tager and Minnie had children Romie, Helen, Sharon, and Henry.
In 1953,[2] Tager was one of the founders of the Jewish Association for Mentally Handicapped Children, now the Ravenswood Foundation, a residential community in Berkshire run by the charity Norwood that provides a home for adults with learning difficulties. Tager's daughter Sharon lives at Ravenswood and his son Henry also lived there until his death in 2004.[3] [4] In 2006, Romie and Esther Tager gave the centre £1m in memory of Romie's father.[5]