Educationalist, Industrialist, Liberal Politician and Pioneer of Technical Education
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Biographies & Pen Portraits
The Lunar Society (1765-1813)
A meeting of inventors, sci
James Hole (1820 – 1895)
Sadly little is known about this remarkable individual and as a result he has not received the recognition that he truly deserves in the development of the Mechanics’ Institutions and in hi
Henry Cole (1808 – 1882)
Born in Bath in 1808 Henry Cole was a designer, writer, noted inventor and ciThe Pitman Dynasty. Isaac, Benn, Jacob and James Pitman.
One of the inevitable consequences of the Industrial Revolution was the growth in the commercial, clerical and administrative support that business organisations required.
The ‘Andersonian’ – The First Technical College.
The “Andersonian”
Society for the Promotion of Employment of Women 1859+
The majority of women during most of the time of this history were unskilled working class.
James Booth (1806?-1879)
Rev James Booth (1806?-1879)
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Warrington Academy and the Academy Movement
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) (1825/26 –48)
Launched in 1825/26 by Henry Brougham and Matthew Davenport Hill following an article in a journal (1821) by the radical Charles Knight deploring the woeful influence of the popular press on the wo
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