Osias Tager Explained

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.

Early life and family

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.

Ravenswood

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]

Notes and References

  1. "It’s in the DNA", Together, 2014, No. 9, pp. 22-23.
  2. http://www.norwood.org.uk/Page/Ravenswood Ravenswood.
  3. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/110082/Cameron-opens-charity-s-2-4m-home-for-autistic Cameron opens charity’s £2.4m home for autistic.
  4. "Great Britain", Miriam Kochan, The American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 106, (2006), pp. 316-334.
  5. http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=43720&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=tager&srchtxt=0&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 Norwood windfall.