My friend Brian Roper, who has died aged 76 of cancer, did much to provide financial support to organisations involved with the arts and social need in Bath. This he did with his wife, Margaret, after their arrival in the city in 1979.
They met while students at the London School of Economics, got married in 1962, and two years later started a family. Brian quickly demonstrated entrepreneurial flair as an executive with leading businesses including the Rank Organisation and Hotpoint, where he devised the UK's first domestic appliance insurance scheme.
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