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Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879

LC control no.n 84186720
Personal name headingHill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879
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Birth date1795
Death date1879
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Found inJames Chalmers, the inventor of the "adhesive stamp", not Sir Rowland Hill, with letter to H.M. Postmaster-General, and Declaration of the Treasury, 1884.
LC data base, 2-28-85 (hdg.: Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879)
Wikipedia, viewed May 27, 2008 (Rowland Hill (postal reformer); Sir Rowland Hill KCB, FRS (December 3, 1795 - August 27, 1879); British teacher and social reformer; campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of penny postage, and later served as a government postal official)