Henry Fawcett

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Henry Fawcett was a 19th-century British economist, Liberal politician, and advocate for women's education and suffrage.

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instanceOf Member of Parliament
academic
economist
human
politician
burialPlace Trumpington Cemetery
causeOfDeath pleurisy
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1833-08-26
dateOfDeath 1884-11-06
educatedAt King's College London
Trinity Hall, Cambridge NERFINISHED
familyName Fawcett
father William Fawcett
givenName Henry
hasPart Fawcett Association (named in his honour)
honouredIn memorial in Salisbury Cathedral
statue in Westminster Abbey
knownFor advocacy of women's education
promotion of postal savings and life insurance
reform of the British Post Office
support for women's suffrage
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
mother Mary Fawcett
movement liberalism
notableWork Free Trade and Protection
Manual of Political Economy
The Economic Position of the British Labourer
occupation academic
economist
politician
university professor
placeOfBirth England
Salisbury
Wiltshire
placeOfDeath Cambridge
linked to: Cambridge, England

Cambridgeshire
England
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Brighton
Member of Parliament for Hackney
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge
religion Unitarianism
sexOrGender male
significantEvent blinded in a shooting accident in 1858
spouse Millicent Fawcett
workLocation Cambridge
linked to: CAMBRIDGE

London
linked to: London, England

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