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In England and Scotland in 1788, two-thirds of the workers in 143 water-powered cotton mills were described as children. Sir Robert Peel , a mill owner turned reformer, promoted the 1802 Health and Morals of Apprentices Act , which was intended to prevent pauper children from working more than 12 hours a day in mills.
Edward Burne-Jones observed, "here for the first time one can measure a bit the change that has happened in the last twenty years". [57] The society still exists as the Society of Designer Craftsmen. [58] In 1888, C.R. Ashbee, a major late practitioner of the style in England, founded the Guild and School of Handicraft in the East End of London ...
Francis Quarles was born in Romford, Essex, and baptised there on 8 May 1592.His family had a long history of royal service. His great-grandfather, George Quarles, was Auditor to King Henry VIII, and his father, James Quarles, was Clerk of the Green Cloth, and Purveyor of the Navy, in Queen Elizabeth's reign.
As the leading figure in the League, Morris embarked on a series of speeches and talks on street corners, in working men's clubs, and in lecture theatres across England and Scotland. [182] He also visited Dublin , there offering his support for Irish nationalism , [ 183 ] and formed a branch of the League at his Hammersmith house. [ 99 ]
Poster by Frances MacDonald (1896). The Modern Style is a style of architecture, art, and design that first emerged in the United Kingdom in the mid-1880s. It was the first Art Nouveau style worldwide, and it represents the evolution of the Arts and Crafts movement which was native to Great Britain.
Brearley was born on 18 February 1871 in Sheffield, England, the son of John Brearley, a steelworker, and his wife, Jane Brearley née Senior. [2] He left Woodside school at the age of twelve to enter his first employment as a labourer in the steelworks where his father worked, later getting the post of general assistant in the company's chemical laboratory.
William Addis (1734–1808) was an English entrepreneur believed to have produced the first mass-produced toothbrush in 1780. [1] [2] Addis was born in 1734 in England, most likely in Clerkenwell, [note 1] London. [3] In 1770, Addis was imprisoned in Newgate prison for causing a riot in Spitalfields. [4]
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