John Innes (philanthropist)
John Innes JP (20 January 1829 – 8 August 1904) was an English property developer and philanthropist. From the 1860s he developed Merton Park as a garden suburb in Merton, Surrey. In his will he left funds and part of his estate at Merton for the establishment of a horticultural institute, which, as the John Innes Centre, continues to bear his name today.
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