It's a good point: the Victorian millionaires wanted to put their names on things of immediate benefit to the community. First public library I used was one of 24 built by newspaper owner John Passmore Edwards who financed 70 UK public buildings including hospitals, schools, galleries and museums.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilded_Age 1870-1890
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution 1789-1799
Followed by the Russian Revolution 1917-1923 and end of the cold war 1991.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution
Funny how that works.