Cecil Jackson-Cole - Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
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BruceS
N 51° 45.252 W 001° 15.434
30U E 620291 N 5735137
Blue plaque honoring one of the founders of Oxfam in Oxford.
Waymark Code: WM9ZWF
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/23/2010
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Text of plaque:
Cecil
Jackson-Cole
1901 - 1979
Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Helped establish the first
Oxfam shop and office
here in 1947
Cecil Jackson-Cole was a successful business man as the owner and manager of Andrews Furnishers with branches in London and Oxford. In 1942 he joined a group of Oxford Quakers concerned about the conditions in Greece at that time. A meeting was held and as a result the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief was born. He became the first Secretary and led the post-war growth of Oxfam as a global charity. The shop at 17 Broad Street was established as the first shop for Oxfam in 1947, an Oxfam shop continues to operate from this location.