Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
William Ewart
Standard Name: Ewart, William
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21 July 1845: The Museums Act passed, enabling municipalities...
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21 July 1845
The Museums Act passed, enabling municipalities of ten thousand or more residents to levy taxes to finance the establishment and maintenance of local museums of art and science.
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
32
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
32
Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.
March 1849: The Select Committee on Public Libraries...
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March 1849
The Select Committee on Public Libraries
was appointed; William Ewart
, chair, worked closely with Edward Edwards
to write the report that became the basis for the Public Libraries Bill of February 1850.
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
68, 71, 74-5
Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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August 1850: The Public Libraries Act, which provided...
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August 1850
The Public Libraries Act, which provided for government-funded libraries, was given royal assent.
Altick, Richard D. The English Common Reader. 2nd ed., Ohio State University Press, 1998.
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Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
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Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
154
Black, Alistair. “Lost Worlds of Culture: Victorian Libraries, Library History and Prospects for a History of Information”. Journal of Victorian Culture, Vol.
2
, No. 1, 1997.
99, 110
Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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1866: The Royal Society of Arts established a scheme...
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1866
The Royal Society of Arts established a scheme (believed to be the first in the world) for setting up commemorative plaques on buildings associated with famous people.
Quinn, Ben. “Plaque blues. Cuts hit heritage scheme”. Guardian Weekly, 11 Jan. 2013, p. 16.
