Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,986 pages of information and 246,457 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.

Thomas Day

From Graces Guide

Thomas Day (22 June 1748 - 28 September 1789), was a British author.

1748 June 22nd. Born in London

He was independently wealthy and although he studied law he did not practice it

He is most well-known for the children's book 'The History of Sandford and Merton' (1783-1789) which emphasized Rousseauvian educational ideals.

Campaigned against the slave trade

He was a member of the Lunar Society

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