A London Apprentice

Author:   Chris Waterlow
Publisher:   Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers
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9781800161061


Pages:   231
Publication Date:   27 May 2021
Format:   Paperback
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A London Apprentice


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Born to industrious working-class parents, Sydney Hedley Waterlow endured a tough, unforgiving childhood education only to discover an enviable and undoubted talent in the printing industry while still an apprentice to the trade. On gaining his freedom he went on to partner his father and brothers in a world-famous family printing firm before using his business skills to highlight and greatly improve the life conditions for the downtrodden classes of Victorian London. With his well-established connections within the City of London, including serving a term as its lord mayor, Sydney used his powerful associations and influence to establish and improve many beneficial organisations we know today, including the City & Guilds Institute and Bart's Hospital (with his friend, Florence Nightingale), one of his final acts of selflessness being to donate twenty-nine acres of his own land in London to be used as a 'garden for the gardenless'. Truly one of the Victorian era's greatest unsung heroes.

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Author:   Chris Waterlow
Publisher:   Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers
Imprint:   Vanguard Press
ISBN:  

9781800161061


ISBN 10:   1800161069
Pages:   231
Publication Date:   27 May 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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