Shaftesbury

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  • Shaftesbury Book Detail

  • Author : Richard Turnbull
  • Release Date : 2012-10-08
  • Publisher : Lion Books
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 256
  • ISBN 13 : 0745957315
  • File Size : 45,45 MB

Shaftesbury by Richard Turnbull PDF Summary

Book Description: The best-loved politician and social reformer of nineteenth century England, Lord Shaftesbury's deep compassion for the poor became legendary. He campaigned tirelessly to limit factory hours, to stop the use of boys as chimney sweeps and children in coalmines, and to develop universal education. As a result he changed the character of English society forever. Areas covered in this important new biography include his upbringing and education; his work as a politician and his campaign for mental health; factory and industrial reforms; campaigns for climbing boys and for better sanitation and housing; his contribution towards the founding of the Bible Society, CPAS, London City Mission, Ragged School Union and CMS; his role as a defender of the Protestant faith and the campaign against ritualism; his personal theology.

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