She made her way to the Holbein
Exhibition at Dresden via Cologne, Brunswick, Leipzig and Berlin. In January 1872 she was in England again, visiting the palatial home (completed in 1855) of...
Occupation
Frances Power Cobbe
FPC
became, with George Hoggan
, Honorary Secretary of the new society, which they co-founded. Prominent supporters included the Earl of Shaftesbury
, who became the first president, the Archbishop of York
, politicians James Stansfeld
Timeline
2 November 1864: The Times reported that William Thomson,...
Writing climate item
2 November 1864
The Times reported that William Thomson
, Archbishop of York, speaking at the Huddersfield Church Institute
, Yorkshire, condemned sensation fiction as tales which aimed at this effect simply—of exciting in the mind some...
1866: Louisa Twining and several prominent male...
