Clemens Nathan

Clemens Nathan
Born	24 August 1933 Hamburg, Germany
Died	2 June 2015
Education	Berkhamsted Boys School
Alma mater	University of Leeds
Occupation	Businessman, philanthropist
Spouse(s)	Rachel Nathan
Children	3

Clemens Neumann Nathan (24 August 1933 – 2 June 2015) was a German-born English businessman and philanthropist. He was a campaigner on behalf of Jewish causes, international human rights and interfaith dialogue.

Born in Hamburg in August 1933, Nathan came with his family to England at the age of three to escape Nazi persecution.

Nathan was educated at Berkhamsted Boys School in Hertfordshire, and subsequently studied wool manufacture at the Scottish Woollen Technical College in Galashiels, Scotland. He was awarded an MPhil at the University of Leeds in Textile Industry.

At the age of 24 he became managing director of the textile agency Cunart Ltd and developed it into a major player in the UK and internationally. Nathan was an active member of the Textile Institute, becoming a Vice-President (1974–78), Vice-Chairman (1991-92), Fellow, Council Member and a Companion Member of the Institute. He wrote papers for Textile Outlook and for many other journals. He delivered lectures at international conferences, serving as a visiting lecturer on textile technology at the College of Distributive Trades in London and lecturing regularly at the University of Leeds, as well as contributing to research being conducted at the university.

Nathan was the founding Chairman of The Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations (1998-2003) (now The Woolf Institute) in Cambridge, which is devoted to teaching, research and dialogue between the three Abrahamic faiths. He subsequently became its Honorary Vice President. He was a Board Member of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and was Life President of the Support Group for the Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex.

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