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Description: | The Unitarian minister Reverend William Turner (1761-1859) founded the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle in 1793. Unitarians were greatly involved in campaigns for social and political reform in the late-18th and early 19th centuries. They were great supporters of the teaching of science, which was then a relatively new subject. As a Unitarian, William Turner supported the founding of educational establishments, including two Sunday Schools and the Mechanics' Institution in New Bridge Street, Newcastle. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | religion work artists living in the North East art men education | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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