Osias Tager

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.

Osias Tager
Born21 June 1914
Hannover, German Empire
Died26 March 2005(2005-03-26) (aged 90)
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
OccupationBusinessman
Known forPhilanthropy
Spouse(s)Minnie Tager
ChildrenRomie, Helen, Sharon, Henry

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.[2]

Ravenswood

In 1953,[3] 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.[2][4] In 2006, Romie and Esther Tager gave the centre £1m in memory of Romie's father.[5]

References
  1. "It’s in the DNA", Together, 2014, No. 9, pp. 22-23.
  2. Cameron opens charity’s £2.4m home for autistic. Macer Hall, Express, 26 June 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. Ravenswood. Norwood. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. "Great Britain", Miriam Kochan, The American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 106, (2006), pp. 316-334.
  5. Norwood windfall. Candice Krieger, Jewish Chronicle, 11 May 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
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