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Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist. [3] She wrote from a sociological, holistic , religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte , and, rarely for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself. [ 4 ]
How to Observe Morals and Manners is a sociological treatise on methods of observing manners and morals written by Harriet Martineau in 1837–8 after a tour of America. [1] She stated that she wasn't looking for fodder for a book, but also privately remarked that "I am tired of being kept floundering among the details which are all a Hall and a Trollope (writer of Domestic Manners of the ...
Sir Thomas Martineau (4 November 1828 – 28 July 1893) was the son of Robert, Mayor of Birmingham (1846–1847) and Jane Martineau. [85] Five successive generations have served as Mayors of the city since the mid 19th century. [86] born on the family estate on Bristol Road, now Martineau Gardens, Birmingham.
James Martineau. James Martineau (/ ˈmɑːrtɪnoʊ /; 21 April 1805 – 11 January 1900) [1] was a British religious philosopher influential in the history of Unitarianism. He was the brother of the atheist social theorist, abolitionist Harriet Martineau. James Martineau's children included the Pre-Raphaelite watercolourist Edith Martineau ...
The Course of Positive Philosophy (Cours de Philosophie Positive) was a series of texts written by the French philosopher of science and founding sociologist, Auguste Comte, between 1830 and 1842. Within the work he unveiled the epistemological perspective of positivism. The works were translated into English by Harriet Martineau and condensed ...
Richard Evans (1784–1871), was an English portrait-painter and copyist, a pupil and later assistant of Sir Thomas Lawrence . Harriet Martineau by Richard Evans, first exhibited in 1834.
The interrelated barriers to education and employment formed the backbone of 19th-century feminist reform efforts, for instance, as described by Harriet Martineau in her 1859 Edinburgh Journal article, "Female Industry". [clarification needed] These barriers did not change in conjunction with the economy. Martineau, however, remained a moderate ...
Francis Martineau Lupton (1848–1921), known as Frank, [92] was Francis III's eldest son. He attended Leeds Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge where he read history before entering the family business. From 1870 to 1880, he was a member of the Leeds Rifles. From the 1880s, Wm. Lupton & Co moved from being merchants to manufacturing ...