Victorian worthies

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blore, George Henry, 1870-1960

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Victorian Worthies: Sixteen Biographies" by George Henry Blore is a collection of biographical sketches written in the early 20th century. The book presents profiles of significant figures from the Victorian era, including influential statesmen, artists, and social reformers, aimed primarily at educating schoolboys about these historical personalities and their contributions to society. The opening of the work provides an introduction to the Victorian era's character and significance, setting the stage for the subsequent biographies. Blore emphasizes the importance of understanding the lives of notable individuals who shaped history, highlighting their virtues and the impact they had on the world. He outlines his intentions for the collection, noting that it serves as a supplement to a broader civics education, illustrating the spirit of public service through concrete examples. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Introduction: The Victorian era

Thomas Carlyle, prophet

Sir Robert Peel, statesman

Sir Charles Napier, soldier

The Earl of Shaftesbury, philanthropist

Lord Lawrence, administrator

John Bright, tribune

Charles Dickens, novelist and social reformer

Lord Tennyson, poet

Charles Kingsley, parish priest

George Frederick Watts, artist

Bishop Patteson, missionary

Sir Robert Morier, diplomatist

Lord Lister, surgeon

William Morris, craftsman

John Richard Green, historian

Cecil Rhodes, colonist

Index.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Notes:

Reading ease score: 62.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2006-12-26