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Joseph Lancaster

1778 - 1838

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Joseph Lancaster (25 November 1778 – 23 October 1838) was an English Quaker and public education innovator. He developed, and propagated on the grounds both of economy and efficacy, a monitorial system of primary education. In the first decades of the 19th century his ideas found application in new schools established in growing industrial centres. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Lancaster is the 11,219th most popular politician (down from 10,679th in 2019), the 2,531st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,205th in 2019) and the 391st most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Joseph Lancaster ranks 11,219 out of 19,576. Before her are Pál Losonczi, William P. Rogers, Henri Queuille, Clément Mouamba, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, and René Duguay-Trouin. After her are August Sabbe, Vera Aceva, Thomas E. Dewey, Vadim Krasnoselsky, Emperor Xiaowu of Song, and Slavica Đukić Dejanović.

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Among people born in 1778, Joseph Lancaster ranks 29. Before her are Sophie Blanchard, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Augustinos Kapodistrias, Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, Francisco Manuel Blanco, and Sigismund von Neukomm. After her are Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Carl Ludwig Koch, Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, and Sahle Dengel. Among people deceased in 1838, Joseph Lancaster ranks 22. Before her are Hussein Dey, Bernhard Crusell, René Caillié, Charles Percier, Heinrich Marx, and Black Hawk. After her are Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, José Bonifácio de Andrada, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Osceola, Maximilian von Montgelas, and Ferenc Kölcsey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Lancaster ranks 2,532 out of 8,785. Before her are Dodie Smith (1896), Frederick Guthrie (1833), Nigel Hawthorne (1929), David Mumford (1937), Brian Naylor (1923), and John William Draper (1811). After her are Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece (1968), Henry Maudslay (1771), John Badham (1939), Bernard Fox (1927), Jimmy Mullen (1923), and David Richards (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Joseph Lancaster ranks 391. Before her are Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), Barbara Castle (1910), Andrew Moray (1265), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Sadiq Khan (1970), and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840). After her are William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), James Harrington (1611), Francis Pym (1922), Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891), Henry Percy (1364), and John Owen (1616).

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