Octavia Hill

Octavia Hill
Octavia Hill par John Singer Sargent en 1898

Octavia Hill (née le 3 décembre 1838 à Wisbech dans le Cambridgeshire et morte d'un cancer le 13 août 1912 à Londres) était une réformiste sociale britannique.

Grâce à son amitié avec John Ruskin, elle disposa des financements pour mener à bien ses projets philanthropiques. Elle créa la Charity Organization Society.

Elle fit partie des trois fondateurs du National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty.


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