Octavia Hill

Standard Name: Hill, Octavia

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Occupation Susan Tweedsmuir
ST began her career (her own term) in welfare work under the ægis of Mrs. Humphry Ward .
Tweedsmuir, Susan. The Lilac and the Rose. G. Duckworth.
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She began by serving food to crippled children at the Passmore Edwards Settlement (later the Mary...
Occupation Harriet Shaw Weaver
HSW volunteered with the Holiday Fund , founded by Canon Barnett to send ailing slum children away for recuperative vacations.
Barnett was a disciple of Octavia Hill and a founding spirit in the Charity Organization Society
Occupation Beatrice Webb
Beatrice Potter (later BW ) volunteered as a case-worker for the philanthropic Charity Organization Society (COS) founded by Octavia Hill .
Nord, Deborah Epstein. The Apprenticeship of Beatrice Webb. University of Massachusetts Press.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Occupation Beatrice Webb
Beatrice Potter (later BW ) became manager and rent-collector of a slum block, Katherine Buildings in Aldgate, East London, which was part of Octavia Hill 's charitable housing scheme.
Nord, Deborah Epstein. The Apprenticeship of Beatrice Webb. University of Massachusetts Press.
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Material Conditions of Writing Beatrice Webb
She was working as manager of these buildings, part of the low-income housing project of the Charity Organization Society (COS) founded by Octavia Hill .

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