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• John_Henry_Challis abstract "John Henry Challis (6 August 1806 – 18 February 1880) was an Anglo-Australian merchant, landowner and philanthropist. Challis was born in England, the son of John Henry Challis, sergeant in the 9th Regiment, and his first wife. He was educated at several schools and trained as a clerk. He then migrated to Sydney, New South Wales, arriving on the Pyramis on 9 May 1829 as a steerage passenger. He was employed by Marsden and Flower, merchants. In 1842 the firm was reorganized under the name of Flower, Salting and Company, when Challis was admitted as a junior partner. The business dealt in wool amongst other things and became very prosperous. He acquired several properties, including a large holding at Potts Point, he also has pastoral licenses of over 12,000 sq. miles (31,080 km²) in southern New South Wales and had more than 3,500 cattle and 11,000 sheep. In 1855 he sold his business interests and returned to England. In 1856 he subscribed for stained glass windows in the Great Hall of the University of Sydney; in 1859 he visited Sydney again and gave £700 for the 'Royal Window'. Returning to Europe, Challis spent much of his time travelling, and died in France on 18 February 1880. He was buried at Folkestone, England. Under his will the whole of his residuary estate was left to the University of Sydney, subject to a tenure until death or re-marriage of his widow Henrietta, and a provision that the estate should accumulate for five years after such death or re-marriage. Henrietta died on 19 September 1884 and because Challis had been residing in England, the English Inland Revenue Commission claimed legacy duties. Fortunately, the University of Sydney's chancellor, Sir William Montagu Manning, strenuously argued against the Commission's claims which were subsequently abandoned.In 1890 a sum of about £200,000 was handed to the University Senate, which 50 years later, partly by increases in value of land and the falling off of annuities, had increased to £376,000. The income from the fund has provided for seven professorships (in anatomy, zoology, engineering, history, law, modern literature, and logic and mental philosophy) and several lectureships. The bequest, however, meant more than that. When it was made public it created much interest in the university, the Senate adopted an extended scheme of teaching, and the government increased the amount of the annual grant by £5000. A portrait of Challis is in the Great Hall of the University, and there is also a marble statue of him by Achille Simonetti.".
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