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The Stanley letter is a letter written in 1831 by Edward Stanley (who later became the 14th Earl of Derby), then Chief Secretary for Ireland. The letter outlined his proposal which helped the UK government to establish the legal basis for national schools in Ireland . [ 1 ]
In 1831, the Stanley letter led to the establishment of the Board of National Education and the National School system using public money. The UK Government appointed the commissioner of national education whose task was to assist in funding primary school construction, teacher training, the producing of textbooks, and funding of teachers.
National schools, established by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland government, post the Stanley Letter of 1831, and were intended to be multi-denominational. [2] [6] The schools were controlled by a state body, the National Board of Education, with a six-member board consisting of two Roman Catholics, two Church of Ireland, and two Presbyterians.
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A library book about Smith-Stanley titled The Earl of Derby, written by George Saintsbury and published in 1892, was borrowed from the Newtown Library in Wellington, New Zealand, in March 1902 and returned in August 2020 (118 years later) after being discovered in Sydney, Australia. The book was described as being "in OK condition". [55] [56]
3 December – James Graham Fair, part-owner of the Comstock Lode, United States Senator and real estate and railroad speculator (died 1894). 17 December – William George Nicholas Manley , recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1864 near Tauranga , New Zealand (died 1901 ).
Vol. I. Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books (1831) Vols. I–III. The French Revolution: A History (1837) Vol. IV. On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (1841) Vols. V–IX. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: with Elucidations (1845) Vol. X. Past and Present (1843) Vol. XI. The Life of ...
[3] [4] In 1788-1789, he operated a type foundry called the British Letter Foundry in collaboration with punchcutter Richard Austin. [5] Revivals of these typefaces have been made under the name of Bell and Austin. [6] [7] [8] Bell died in Fulham in 1831, summed up by publisher Charles Knight as a "mischievous spirit, the very Puck of