Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,647 pages of information and 247,065 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Established in 1823 as the London Mechanics Institute by Dr George Birkbeck, and its supporters, Jeremy Bentham, J. C. Hobhouse and Henry Brougham
1866 Renamed the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution
Now is Birkbeck College, part of the University of London
Birkbeck is one of the few British academic institutions to specialise in evening higher education.
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