{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fcb02951b-2196-442c-b458-00f6478bd8a3","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Rags to Riches - The mysterious 42 Million Dollar Man - John Henry Challis.\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/cb02951b-2196-442c-b458-00f6478bd8a3\"></iframe>","title":"Rags to Riches - The mysterious 42 Million Dollar Man - John Henry Challis.","description":"In 1890 the University of Sydney received 250,000 Pounds from the Estate of John H Challis.It was the first major private benefaction. In today's money , that is $ 42,000,000!The gift was used to create professorships in Law, Medicine, Veterinary Science, Biology,Civil Engineering English Literature, History and Philosophy.Challis thus made a major contribution to Sydney.He arrived in Sydney at the age of 22 with little money.Over the next 26 years he worked as a merchant, and clearly made a lot of money.What do we know about him ?The answer seems to be, not very much; even though Challis House is in Martin Place and Challis Avenue , Potts Point is named after him.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d17288fa-24ad-4a44-bf45-1415fb6a8546/1210533-302954.jpg"}