William Munro Tapp
English solicitor, businessman and benefactor 1859-1936
William Munro Tapp (1859–1936) was an English solicitor and company director. He is known also as a geologist, antiquarian and collector. He was a benefactor of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and a donor giving to the British Museum, Fitzwilliam Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum.
Life
He was born in London on 6 April 1859, the fourth son of Arthur March Tapp, an accountant working for the Brassey company. He was educated at the Forest School, Snaresbrook.
In 1877 Tapp matriculated at Caius College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1881. In 1884 he graduated LL.M. and was qualified as a solicitor. In 1891 he was with the firm Goren & Tapp of 27 South Molton Street, London. He graduated LL.D. in 1893. He retired from career activity as a solicitor around 1906; for the rest of his life he was involved in the administration of family trusts.
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