1832 General Election [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GE1832.htm ]
Features total votes and percents received by the Tories, Whigs and Irish Repeal groups. Includes brief description of terms. - [ Read more ]

Jimmy Thomas [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUthomas.htm ]
Important figure in the amalgamation of several unions to form the National Union of Railwaymen. - [ Read more ]

1823 Gaol Act [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lgaol.htm ]
Introduced regular visits by prison chaplains, the payment of gaolers, prohibition of irons, and assignment of women warders to women prisoners. Includes brief background text. - [ Read more ]

Yom Kippur War [ http://lexicorient.com/e.o/uyomkipwr.htm ]
Also known as Ramadan War and October War. Fought between Israel on one side, and Egypt and Syria on the other, backed by Iraq and Jordan and supported economically by Saudi Arabia. Began October 6, 1973 and ended on October 22 on the Syrian front, and on October 26 on the Egyptian front. - [ Read more ]

Michael Faraday [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCfaraday.htm ]
Brief biography of an early 19th century inventor most noted for the electric motor and his studies in electricity and magnetism. - [ Read more ]

15th Earl of Derby [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRderby.htm ]
Born Edward Stanley. Elected as the Conservative MP for King's Lynn. Later joined the new Liberal Unionist Party and became its leader in the House of Lords. Supported parliamentary reform and opposed the acquisition of Cyprus and the Afghan War in 1879. (1826-1893) - [ Read more ]

William Booth [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REbooth.htm ]
Founded the Whitechapel Christian Mission in London's East End to help feed and house the poor. The mission was reorganized in 1878 along military lines, with the preachers known as officers and Booth as the general. Became known as the Salvation Army. (1829-1912) - [ Read more ]

Ethel Annakin Snowden [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wsnowden.htm ]
Active in the Labour party during the early 1900s, helped form a branch of the Nation Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in Leeds. Was a pacifist and refused to support Britain's involvement in the First World War. Active member of the Women's Peace Crusade. (1880-1951). - [ Read more ]

Luke Fildes [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jfildes.htm ]
A political activist who was one of the speakers at the Manchester meeting that ended in the Peterloo Massacre. He also was an artist who did paintings which included a version of Houseless and Hungry that he called Applicants to a Casual Ward (1874). (1843 - 1918) - [ Read more ]

Alfred Harmsworth (Lord Northcliffe) [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/BUharmsworth.htm ]
Publisher of the Daily Mail and The Daily Mirror. (1865-1921) - [ Read more ]

Cardiff [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITcardiff.htm ]
Site of a Roman fort, built about 75 A.D. Became an important seaport with the building of the Glamorgan Canal. Includes brief history and excerpt from a work by Daniel Defoe. - [ Read more ]

John Stuart Mill [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRmill.htm ]
Wrote a large number of books on philosophy and economics, including A System of Logic; Principles of Political Economy; On Liberty; Considerations on Representative Government; and Utilitarianism. Served in the House of Commons. (1806-1873) - [ Read more ]

A Modern Herbal [ http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html ]
Index of more than 800 varieties of herbs and plants, word search of the text, recipes, and an index of poisonous plants. - [ Read more ]

Joseph Priestley [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRpriestley.htm ]
Presbyterian minister, scientist and metaphysician. Wrote several books on Unitarianism and established the first Unitarian Church in America. (1733-1804) - [ Read more ]

William Stead [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jstead.htm ]
Strict Puritan who favoured social reform. Editor of the Northern Echo, the most influential voice of Nonconformity in the North of England. Advocated old age pensions and supported the charity work of the Salvation Army. (1849-1912) - [ Read more ]

George Bernard Shaw [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jshaw.htm ]
Irish dramatist, critic and novelist. Includes short biography, photo and excerpts from his writing. (1856-1950) - [ Read more ]

George Scharf [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jscharf.htm ]
Abstract: Born in Mainburg, Bavaria on 23rd April, 1788. After studying art painting and lithography in Munich, he soon found work producing lithographs for printers. In 1816, Scarf decided to emigrate to England. In the 1840s Scharf tended to concentrate on scientific work. His main clients were doctors, naturalists and the Royal College of Surgeons. Scharf's health began to deteriorate in the early 1850s. Unable to work, his last years were dominated by money problems. George Scharf died on 11th November, 1860. - [ Read more ]

William Powell Frith [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAfrith.htm ]
Artist who painted The Railway Station in 1862. Includes brief biography and illustration. (1819-1909) - [ Read more ]

Boy Soldiers [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWboy.htm ]
Underage youth who answered the call at army recruitment centers. Many of those who had signed up were younger than the official minimum age of nineteen and lied about their age to enlist. - [ Read more ]

Manchester Chronicle [ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRchronicle.htm ]
A newspaper that had a loyal following with those who opposed social reform. - [ Read more ]