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Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864

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Personal name headingHorner, Leonard, 1785-1864
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Associated countryGreat Britain Scotland
Birth date17850117
Death date18640305
Place of birthEdinburgh (Scotland)
Place of deathLondon (England)
Field of activityLinen industry Social problems Factory inspection Geology Educational change
AffiliationSchool of Arts of Edinburgh Edinburgh Academy Geological Society of London
Profession or occupationFactory inspector
Merchants Social reformers Geologists
Found innuc87-22246: His The Factories Regulation Act explained [MI] 1834 (hdg. on NN rept.: Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864; usage: Leonard Horner)
LC data base, 2-25-88 (hdg.: Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864)
Two centuries of learning : your guide to Heriot-Watt University's heritage, c2008: pdf. p. 3 (Heriot-Watt became a University in 1966; its origins date back to 1821 and the Edinburgh School of Arts; the School's founder and its first Secretary was Leonard Horner; He was a linen merchant and social reformer whose later work as chief factory inspector would lay the foundations for modern health and safety law) p. 5 (The School of Arts of Edinburgh "for the instruction of mechanics in such branches of physical science as are of practical application in their several trades" held its first lecture)
Oxford DNB online, 21 May, 2014 (Horner, Leonard (1785-1864), factory inspector, geologist, and educationist; b. on 17 Jan. 1785 at St. George's Square, Edinburgh; In 1821 he founded the Edinburgh School of Arts; He was one of the promoters of the Edinburgh Academy, founded in 1823 as a rival to the Edinburgh high school; fellow of the Geological Society; d. on 5 Mar. 1864 at 60 Montagu Square, London)
Associated languageeng