Papers of Dorothy Greaves (Museum Warden at the Rochdale Pioneers Museum) 1838-2008

Owen, Robert, 1771-1858

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Robert Owen (1771-1858) was born at Newtown, Wales to a working family, his father being employed as the local postmaster. From an early age Owen was encouraged to read and debate, and using this knowledge he was able to mentor the younger children at his school. Aged just 10 he left school and was apprenticed to a Mr James McGuffog, a linen draper from Stamford, Lincolnshire, and, according to his Autobiography, he was independent from his parents from this point onwards. ...

Scowcroft, John., 1785-1870

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Rochdale Equitable Pioneers' Society

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Maden, James., 1803-1873

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Daly, James., 1812-1849

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Co-Operative Retail Services Limited

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Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871

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Charles Babbage was a British mathematician and inventor. He helped found the Analytical Society, The Royal Astronomical Society, and the Statistical Society, and was a member of the Royal Academy. He invented several mechanical calculating machines, and designed an analytical engine that anticipated the digital computer. He also helped establish the modern English postal system, compiled the first reliable actuarial tables, and invented the locomotive cowcatcher. From th...

Holt, John., 1778-1852

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Standring, James., 1804-1872

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Collier, John., 1808-1883

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Brooks, David., 1803-1882

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Jordan, Benjamin., 1825-1904

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Fields, Gracie, 1898-1979

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Actress, comedienne. From the description of Reminiscences of Gracie Fields : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147483 ...

Brierley, John. Rochdale Pioneer

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Healey, George., 1817-1899

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Howarth, Charles., 1818-1868

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Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited

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Bamford, James., 1825-1879

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Co-Operative College

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The Co-operative College was established in 1919 as an adult and staff training centre for the co-operative movement and was initially based in the Co-operative Union building, Holyoake House, Manchester. Under the guidance of the Principal, Professor Fred Hall MA, it attracted large numbers of students, including many from overseas co-operatives. During the Second World War, the Training Centre on the top floor of Holyoake House was destroyed during the Manchester Blitz, making replacement prem...

Tweedale, James., 1819-1886

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Manock, James., 1798-1877

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Taylor, Robert., 1800-1877

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Taylor, William., 1814-1854

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Wilkinson, James., 1787-1858

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Greenwood, Abraham., 1824-1911 CWS President, 1863-1870

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Rudman, Benjamin., 1813-1876

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Nicholson, Hamlet., 1810-1899

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Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824

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British poet. From the description of George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron papers, 1812-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452083 English Romantic poet and satirist. From the description of George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145405980 Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic litera...

Ashworth, Samuel., 1825-1871

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Mallelieu, William., 1796-1863

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Garside, John., 1799-1862

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Holyoake, George-Jacob 1817-1906

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George Jacob Holyoake was an English social reformer. His father was a smith, and Holyoake worked in the foundry, before encountering the socialist ideas of Robert Owen. He became a Chartist and teacher, and also wrote and edited socialist periodicals. Imprisoned for condemning Christianity, he founded the important socialist journal The Reasoner. He also opposed government censorship of the press, and worked for tax reform and other causes. From the description of George Jacob Holyo...

Cooper, William., 1822-1868

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Smith, Joseph., 1823-1888

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Kershaw, John., 1818-1893

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Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860

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Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron was the wife of the poet Lord Byron. In the years following their separation and his death, she dedicated herself to philanthropic causes, with a special interest in education of the poor. From the description of Lady Byron manuscript material : 75 items, 1809-1857 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 78251469 From the guide to the Lady Byron manuscript material : 97 items, 1809-1857, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzh...

Duckworth, James., 1840-1915 Mayor of Rochdale, 1910-1911

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Co-operative Insurance Society Limited

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Smithies, James., 1819-1869

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Mitchell, John Thomas Whitehead, 1828-1895

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Garratt, Roy., 1931-1994

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Allsop, Thomas, 1795-1880

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Thomas Allsop 1795-1880, entered the silk mercery trade in London in 1812. He then joined the Stock Exchange. He made the acquaintance of Samuel Coleridge in 1818, and on the poet's death published his 'Letters, Conversations, and Recollections'. Allsop was also a friend of the essayists Charles Lamb (1775-1834), William Hazlitt (1778-1830), and the poet Barry Cornwall (1787-1874). Allsop provided the Irish Radical Feargus O'Connor (1796-1855) with his property qualification as representative of...

Greaves, Dorothy., 1931-2010

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Dorothy was a Warden at the Rochdale Pioneers Museum for a period during the 1980s and later from 1994 until her health failed, and spent much of her spare time over the years researching the 28 Men of Rochdale. She developed a knowledge of her boys as individuals, and as people, not just as historical names and visitors to the Museum loved her descriptions of their characters as well as their lives. Dorothy traced the families of the Pioneers to the present day, sometimes contactin...

Bent, John., 1817-1894

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Co-operative Women's Guild

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