Author: BOOTH, FRANK
Title: Robert Raikes of Gloucester
Description: Redhill, Surrey, National Christian Education Council. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0719702496). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which has fading to spine. A biography of Robert Raikes (1735-1811), the English philanthropist, wealthy newspaper owner, prison visitor, church attender and family man who was concerned with the plight of the children in Gloucester. In 1780 he started a Sunday School where children would learn to read and to repeat the catechism, believing that illiteracy was the cause of much of the poor state in which the children lived. B2C. Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: Religious Instruction, Sunday School Movement, Biography, Gloucester Education 0719702496


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