Papers of John James Dent (Co-operative Permanent Building Society) 1876 - 1928

Ormerod, Eleanor A. (Eleanor Anne), 1828-1901

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Eleanor Anne Ormerod (11 May 1828 – 19 July 1901) was a pioneer English entomologist. Based on her studies in agriculture, she became one of the first to define the field of agricultural entomology. She published an influential series of articles on useful insects and pests in the Gardeners' Chronicle and the Agricultural Gazette along with annual reports from 1877 to 1900. Belonging to the landed gentry, she worked as an honorary consulting entomologist with the Royal Agricultural Society of En...

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915

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Walter Crane was born in Liverpool on 15 Aug 1845, second son of the portrait painter Thomas Crane and his wife Marie née Kearsley. The family moved first to Torquay, and in 1857 to London. From 1859-62 Crane was apprenticed to the wood engraver William James Linton, although he studied painting at the same time. In 1862 his painting 'The Lady of Shalott' was accepted by the Royal Academy. By the mid-1860s, Crane was illustrating children's books including coloured picture books desi...

Proomhall, William

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Berry, William . Mr.

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Siegfried, Jules., 1893-1922

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Gray, J.C.

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Wolseley, Garnet Wolseley, Viscount, 1833-1913

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British Army officer. From the description of Papers, 1873-1913. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20274213 Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount, was born June 4, 1833 at Golden Bridge, County Dublin, Ireland, the son of an army major. Wolseley entered the British army in 1852 and fought in many campaigns around the world, including Burma (now Myanmar), 1852-1853; the Crimea, 1854-1856; India, 1857-1858; and China,1860. His record of success in the ...

Westcott, Brooke Foss, 1825-1901

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Foxall, J. H.

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Harden Oldham, Frank

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Klickmann, Flora

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Sykes, Isaac Parker

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Llewelyn-Davies, John., 1826-1916

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Failsworth, Percival

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Brabrook, Edward William, 1839-1930

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Litchfield, R. B. (Richard Buckley), 1832-1903

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Dent, John James., 1856-1936

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John James Dent was born in 1856 and began his career as a labourer, helping in the construction of Victoria District railway station at the age of ten and proceeding to work on various other large scale building projects. He continued in this role until 1883 when he was elected as the secretary of the Club and Institute Union, a role which led to him meeting many influential people such as Anthony J. Mundella, the President of the Board of Trade. In 1896 Mundella offered Dent the p...

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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Wife of Ruskin's physician, Dr. John Simon. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. John Simon, [18--] (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 31272017 British writer, artist, and critic. From the description of John Ruskin papers, ca. 1837-1904. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80934993 John Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 in London. Ruskin was educated by his mother and by various tutors before attending Oxford University. H...

Dickinson, Lowes-Cato 1819-1908

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Artist. From the description of Lowes Dickinson correspondence, 1872. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423610 Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000106 ...

Warwick, J.. , 1845-1912

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Dorrington, Sir Charles., d. 1911

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Brown, William Henry, 1868-

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Porter, Jill.

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Booth, Charles, 1840-1916

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Charles James Booth was born the son of a Merseyside coal merchant on 30 March 1840. He was educated at the Royal Liverpool Institution and became apprenticed to a trading company, Lamport and Holt. Charles went on to set up a steamship company trading between Liverpool and Northern Brazil. Beyond his commercial aspirations, Charles wished to do something for the under-privileged of Victorian England and he joined the Birmingham Education League, founded to promote secular education...

Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923

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A contemporary of John Ruskin and John Stuart Mill, Frederic Harrison strongly influenced English politics and philosophy in the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth-century. The positivist movement gained prominence through Harrison's political activity, writings and teachings. He was also very active in the labor movement and fought for greater worker's rights in England. Harrison was introduced to positivism as a student at Oxford. Venerating humanity over deity, positivism created controversy i...

Holyoake, Emilie

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Tutt, Richard Hutchinson., 1840-1904

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Frederic Carne, Rasch., 1847 - 1914 1st Baronet

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Humphreys-Owen, Arthur Charles

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Gordon - Lennox, Charles., 1818 - 1903 6th Duke of Richmond

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Westlake, John, 1828-1913

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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...

Strawn, William., 1845-1909

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Strang, William, 1859-1921

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Mitchell, J. T. W.

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Boulger, George Simonds, 1853-1922

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Collings, Jesse., 1831-1920

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Biography Jesse Collings (1831-1920) was a native of Devonshire, though he lived most of his life in Birmingham. He started out with the mercantile firm of Booth & Co. before moving into politics, serving as mayor of Birmingham before representing Ipswich (1880-1886) and Bordesley (1886-1918) in Parliament. Collings is best known for authoring an important land reform bill, the Small Holdings and Allotments Bill, often referred to as the ...

Wilson, F. W.

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Danti, Signor

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Maclaren, Ian, 1850-1907

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Jones, Benjamin. Co-operator

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Llewelyn Smith, Hubert

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Scotton, Amos., 1833-1904

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Earley, William

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Goodey, J. F.. , 1834-1910

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