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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 U.K. Government to establish the legal basis for national schools in Ireland . [ 1 ]
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869), known as Lord Stanley from 1834 to 1851, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served three times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. To date, he is the longest-serving leader of the Conservative Party (1846–68).
By 1831, they were operating 1,621 primary schools, and educating approximately 140,000 pupils. [9] In 1831, the Stanley letter led to the establishment of the Board of National Education and the National School system using public money.
Illustration from The Graphic of Arthur Sullivan's operatic adaptation of Ivanhoe.. The Waverley Novels are a long series of novels by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832). For nearly a century, they were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (/ ˈ b ʊ l w ər /; 25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873), was an English writer and politician.He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866.
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Jane Porter (3 December 1775 – 24 May 1850) was an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure. [1] [2] Her bestselling novels, Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) and The Scottish Chiefs (1810) are seen as among the earliest historical novels in a modern style and among the first to become bestsellers.
Kristina Sumolang was a 1st grader in 2011 when her class read a Flat Stanley book together. The main character gets crushed by a bulletin board and becomes flat, able to go anywhere and do anything.