LC control no. | n 84186720 |
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Personal name heading | Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879 |
Birth date | 1795 |
Death date | 1879 |
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Found in | James 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) |