Excerpt from The Work of Lord Brougham for Education in England
It has been said that an age that has ceased to be irritated by the eccentricities of Lord Brougham is prepared to be interested in small details about him. The subject of this thesis gives opportunity for the presentation of such details in one of the many fields in which he was interested. The work does not profess to be a biography, nor does it deal with the theory and practice of education. Its object is to trace the educational work of this prominent man in the proper setting of personal history and the conditions of the time.
Lord Brougham"s exertions in the cause of education merit recognition. He, above other statesmen of his time, appreciated the danger arising from popular ignorance. He succeeded in revealing the actual educational status of the country and attracted public attention to the subject.
Every branch and form of education felt his influence. His life, extending as it did from 1778 to 1868, not only coincided with the evolution of a national system of elementary instruction, but for many years presented the history of that evolution. He helped establish infant schools; he was the promoter of institutions for the elevation of the working man; he founded one university and was the patron of others; he advocated the repeal of the "Taxes on Knowledge"; and by means of a prolific pen he did all in his power to make education accessible to all classes. He propounded schemes for legislation, which, although failing of adoption, announced principles later to be embodied in the more successful plans of others. And when it became expedient to yield the responsibility of sponsoring measures he did not cease to follow with an active interest the course of events.
Due to the nature of the subject, government publications and the works of Lord Brougham have been the main sources.
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