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Robert Raikes ("the Younger") (14 September 1735 – 5 April 1811) was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman. He was educated at The Crypt School in Gloucester . He was noted for his promotion of Sunday schools .
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The latter had been touched by articles of Raikes, on the problems of youth crime. [7] Pastor Thomas Stock and Raikes have thus registered a hundred children from six to fourteen years old. The society has published its textbooks and brought together nearly 4,000 Sunday schools. [8] In 1785, 250,000 English children were attending Sunday school ...
Robert Raikes, the Younger moved his printing business into the house in 1758 where he continued to publish the Gloucester Journal. In 1772, he moved into the house to live with his family. [ 5 ] Robert Raikes was a promoter of the Sunday school movement, he held Sunday school sessions in the house's garden and Robert's wife used to serve plum ...
[1] [2] The latter had been touched by articles by the editor of the Gloucester Journal, Robert Raikes, on the problems of youth crime. [3] Pastor Thomas Stock and Raikes have thus registered a hundred children from six to fourteen years old. Bible reading lessons were given by volunteer teachers in the morning and catechism took place in the ...
A Nyack man was arrested Wednesday after months of allegedly attempting to solicit and disseminate inappropriate materials to minors online. Rockland County District Attorney Tom Walsh said Robert ...
Raikes' business thrived, despite a change in newspaper duties in 1725, and a number of brushes with the law over articles published under his authority. In 1743, the Gloucester Journal was moved for a second time into larger premises in the Blackfriars area of Gloucester. In 1757, the paper was taken over by Robert Raikes junior.
A man facing 63 sex-related charges could spend the rest of his life in prison. Earl Whipple, 50, has been accused of the "systematic sexual assault" of a child younger than 13, according to Jodie ...