Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 525 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781107589629
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. British and Irish history, 19th century
Content:
In the preface to this three-volume work of 1886, Edwin Hodder (1837–1904) writes that the seventh earl of Shaftesbury 'resisted every appeal that was made to him to allow his biography to be written'. In the end, he succumbed to the inevitable, and shared with Hodder, a professional author, both his archives and his memories. Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1801–85) was an evangelical Christian with a profound sense of the duty owed by the aristocracy to their country and to the less fortunate. He first came to prominence as the leader of the parliamentary campaign for shorter working hours, which led to the Factory Act of 1833. Entering the House of Lords on his father's death, he extended his activities, becoming the best-known philanthropist of his age. Volume 1 traces the history of Shaftesbury's family, his early life and marriage, and his work up to 1843
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108075534
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108075534
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781107589629
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