# Obituary: Harold Sumption

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1998/04/03/harold-sumption/
- Published: 1998-04-03T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Pioneering fundraiser Harold Sumption died on 18th March. His influence on fundraising
in the UK and beyond is unparalleled.**

As well as pioneering fundraising techniques with Oxfam and many other charities,
he also founded the [International Fundraising Workshop](http://www.ifrg.org.uk)
in Holland, which is now in its eighteenth year.

In a tribute, Professional Fundraising magazine called Harold “the grandfather of
British fundraising”, and described him as “that old-fashioned thing: a good man”.

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