The Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775-1920
The Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775-1920, by Edward H. Milligan,[1] includes entries for some 2,800 people, arranged alphabetically. The last page is numbered 606.
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Author [edit]
The author is the former Librarian and Archivist of Meeting for Sufferings of Britain Yearly Meeting, who was responsible for the Library at Friends House, London and the co-operative biography project with two Quaker colleges in the United States. The author received the 2009 Besterman/McColvin Award for this work.[2]
Indices [edit]
The work includes the following indices:
- Illustrations (copious black and white)
- Occupations
- Places (Arranged by County and Town)
- Apprentice masters
- Schools attended
Other introductory and explanatory matter [edit]
The prelims (xviii pages) [edit]
- Prologue
- The Quaker background
- Entry arrangement (a somewhat lengthy explanation, but highly relevant)
- Abbreviations.
The appendices [edit]
- The Quaker calendar
- Editions of the Book of Discipline of London Yearly Meeting/Britain Yearly Meeting.
- Queries and general advices
- Regional and local area structure
- Census of attendance at Meetings 1851
- York apprentices
- Friends Provident directors: an outsider's view
- Glossary (Mini-essays on 50 Quakerese terms and issues, such as the Beacon Controversy, The Contagious Diseases Acts, Disownment, the Manchester Difficulty, Plain Dress, Women's Meetings . . .
- Bibliography
- Epilogue (which envisages the setting up of a revision committee for this work).
The entries [edit]
The Dictionary shows many kinship groups active in commerce and industry. It shows the female children of each subject, if they married a male who is also a subject. An example of kinship is the entries for people called "Fox":
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For more about the Quaker Foxes, see Francis Fox of St Germans and the Fox family of Falmouth.
References [edit]
- ^ Milligan, Edward H (2007). The Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775-1920. York, U.K.: William Sessions Limited. ISBN 1-85072-367-2. Hardcover ISBN 978-1-85072-367-7
- ^ reported in The Friend 19 June 2009. The Besterman/McColvin Award is given by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) for outstanding works of reference.
