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Joseph Lancaster

Founder of the Lancasterian System of Education. His oil on canvas portrait painted by John Hazlitt (1767-1837) in 1818 is at the National Portrait Gallery (London), catalogue No. 99.

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British educator

Born 1778
Died 1838

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  • Cover of: Improvements in education, as it respects the industrious classes of the community: containing among other important particulars, an account of the institution for the education of one thousand poor children, Borough Road, Southwark, and of the new system of education on which it is conducted.

    First published in 1803 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Improvements in Education.: [A prospectus and list of subscribers to the author’s educational system.]

    First published in 1803 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Epitome of some of the chief events and transactions in the life of Joseph Lancaster: containing an account of the rise and progress of the Lancasterian system of education; and the author's future prospects of usefulness to mankind

    First published in 1833 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Improvements in education, as it respects the industrious classes of the community: containing among other important particulars, an account of the institution for the education of one thousand poor children, Borough Road, Southwark, and of the new system of education on which it is conducted

    First published in 1805 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The British system of education: being a complete epitome of the improvements and inventions practised by Joseph Lancaster : to which is added, a Report of the trustees of the Lancaster School at Georgetown, Col

    First published in 1812 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing ...

    Cover of edition improvementsine01lancgoog First published in 1805 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Improvements in Education, as it respects the industrious classes of the community: containing a short account of its present state, hints towards its improvement, and a detail of some practical experiments conducive to that end

    First published in 1803 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Letters on national subjects: Auxiliary to universal education and scientific knowledge; addressed to Burwell Bassett, late a member of the House of Representatives; ... President of the United States of America

    First published in 1820 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Manual of the System of Teaching

    First published in 1994 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: practical parts of Lancaster's 'Improvements' and Bell's 'Experiment'

    First published in 1932 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Seven pamphlets

    First published in 1995 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Instructions for forming and conducting a society for the education of the children of the labouring classes of the people, according to the general principles of the Lancastrian or British plan

    First published in 1810 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: An account of a remarkable establishment of education at Paris, extracted from the literary repository for April 16, 1788: to which are prefixed queries addressed to Doctor Bell on his claims to the invention of the British system of education

    First published in 1809 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Report of the singular results of Joseph Lancaster's new discoveries in education made at Montreal: from the commencement in 1829 to complete developement [sic] of systematic principle in 1833

    First published in 1833 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Report of J. Lancaster's progress from the year 1798, with the report of the finance committee for ... 1810: to which is prefixed an address of the Committee for Promoting the Royal Lancasterian System for the Education of the Poor

    First published in 1811 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: An account of the progress of Joseph Lancaster's plan for the education of poor children ...

    First published in 1810 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Improvements in education, abridged: containing a complete epitome, of the system of education, invented and practised by the author

    First published in 1808 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Report of the singular results of Joseph Lancaster's new discoveries in education made at Montreal: from the commencement in 1829 to complete developement [sic] of systematic principle in 1833

    First published in 1833 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Systema Britanico de Educaçaõ: sendo hum completo tratado de melhoramentos e invenções praticadas por J. L. Traduzido do original Inglez por G. Skinner, etc.

    First published in 1823 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: transcription of letters written by Joseph Lancaster between 6th November 1810 and 21st April 1812.

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Photo of Joseph Lancaster

British educator

Born 1778
Died 1838

Subjects

Monitorial system of education, Education, History, Enseignement mutuel, Éducation, Working class, Education, history, Educational acceleration, Lancaster Institution, Lancasterian Institution (Southwark, London, England), Poor, Study and teaching, CHR 1808, Compensatory education, Enseignement accéléré, Finance, Histoire, Lancaster School (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.), Lancaster, joseph, 1778-1838, Monitorial system of education. [from old catalog], Penmanship, Poor children, Royal Lancasterian System of Education, School buildings, Sewing

Places

Montréal, England, Quebec (Province), Québec (Province), Canada, France, Great Britain

People

Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838), Joseph, 1778-1838 Lancaster, John Foster Oriel Baron (1740-1828)

Time

19th century, 19e siècle

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 12, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added photos to author pages.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import