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Description: | Joseph Cowen, the younger, carried on the liberal family tradition and also became MP for Newcastle 1873 to 1886. In 1862 he bought the Newcastle Chronicle and in 1880 opened the then new public library. He was also responsible for the founding of the Tyne Theatre and Opera House which opened 1867 in Westgate Road.Joseph was educated privately in Ryton & then Edinburgh. University. He was a radical & supporter of the Irish nationalists & a notable orator. Strongly identified himself with the NE miners. Also an admirer of Garibaldi, Mazzini and Kossuth. Owned the Northern Tribune. As a young man had visited the pit villages and agitated for reform.He was known for great speeches, but he was also willing to embrace radical change in industry. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Industrialists Councillors and M.P.s Brickmaking | Temporal: | name=Victorian; start=1837; end=1901; | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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