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Robert Raikes
Robert Raikes , 1735-1811, English philanthropist. In 1780 he organized a Sunday school , primarily for poor children, who were taught to read and to spell to enable them to read the Bible. The Raikes system spread rapidly through England and he became known as the founder of Sunday schools,... Read more |
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Sunday school
Sunday school institution for instruction in religion and morals, usually conducted in churches as part of the church organization but sometimes maintained by other religious or philanthropic bodies. In England during the 18th cent., occasional efforts were made by charitable individuals to... Read more |
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Charity schools
CHARITY SCHOOLS CHARITY SCHOOLS. During the colonial period, free education generally meant instruction for children of poor families. Numerous schools were established in the American colonies and were organized and supported by benevolent persons and societies, a practice that served to fasten... Read more |
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ragged schools
ragged schools were elementary schools for street children pioneered at the beginning of the 19th cent. by John Pounds, a Portsmouth cobbler, ‘to chase away ignorance, to relieve distress, and to teach the Gospel’. The Ragged School Union, with the 7th earl of Shaftesbury as... Read more |
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Sunday schools
Sunday schools. The English Sunday school movement is usually...associated with Robert Raikes of Gloucester...founder of the Sunday School Union. From 1782 Raikes established ... |
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Sunday schools
Sunday schools The English Sunday school movement is usually...associated with Robert Raikes of Gloucester...founder of the Sunday School Union. From 1782 Raikes established classes...Saturdays ... |
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...English philanthropist Robert Raikes, a promoter of Sunday schools, died in Gloucester, England...a 15-day hijacking ordeal began as gunmen forced a Kuwait Airways...lacrosse coach resigned and the school canceled the rest of the season... |
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...English philanthropist Robert Raikes, a promoter of Sunday schools, died in Gloucester, England...a 15-day hijacking ordeal began as gunmen forced a Kuwait Airways jumbo...lacrosse coach resigned and the school canceled the rest of the ... |
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Texas and Baptist Sunday Schools.(Book Review)
...importance of the Sunday school to the growth...overstated. Sunday Schools provide more...place in Sunday School is often life...Sunday School began in 1780 in ... |
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WEEKEND: TIME TUNNEL: How Sunday school came to Coventry; ... A JOURNEY INTO...
...origins of the Sunday school movement in...the Sunday schools movement in...poor children began nationally with Robert Raikes, and by 1785...of their own schools. The first Sunday ... |
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In praise of industry: early nineteenth-century concepts of...
...experienced "free play" only on Sundays, much to the chagrin of church...for all children came as William Raikes began Sunday schools around 1780 to instruct poor children...unique subset of literature that began to appear ... |
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Anniversaries
...revolutionary leader, guillotined 1794; Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, 1811; Paul Vidal de la Blache, geographer...the Addled Parliament (which made no enactments) began sitting, 1614; the French army of Italy was defeated... |
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Now and Then: 5 April
...kingdom of England. 1614: The Addled Parliament began - and was dissolved on 7 June without having...Revolution leader (executed); 1811 Robert Raikes, philanthropist and founder of the Sunday School movement; 1884 John Wisden, cricketer and... |
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Today in History
...English philanthropist Robert Raikes, a promoter of Sunday schools, died in Gloucester, England...a 15-day hijacking ordeal began as gunmen forced a Kuwait Airways...lacrosse coach resigned and the school canceled the rest of the season... |
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S-plan diet: Culinary who's who
...as well as working on school-meal initiatives...good thing when they began offering an organic box...considering the business began as a farm diversification...1991, the Scotland on Sunday food writer is best known...culture in Scotland's ... |
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Artificial Intelligence Aled Jones's comeback
...Royal Academy of Music and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, is slowly but surely returning to the public eye...plan, be given a boost with his latest job, which began on Sunday and should soon accrue another appreciative audience... |
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