 Brunner was a generous benefactor whose gifts included the provision of schools , <unk> and social clubs . In Northwich he provided a free library and re @-@ endowed Sir John Deane 's Grammar School . In Runcorn he purchased a disused chapel and presented it to the town to be used by the trades unions and the Friendly Societies , and in nearby Weston village he bought a disused school and gave it to the local community to serve as its village hall . He also endowed the chairs of economics , physical chemistry and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool . 
