biography
pronunciation:
[rayks]
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| lived:
| (1735–1811)
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| biography:
| Philanthropist and pioneer of the Sunday-School movement, born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, SWC England, UK. In 1757 he succeeded his father as proprietor of the Gloucester Journal. His pity for the misery and ignorance of many children in his native city led him to start a Sunday school (1780) where they might learn to read and repeat the Catechism. He lived to see such schools spread throughout England. |
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