Excerpt from George Birkbeck: The Pioneer of Popular Education; A Memoir and a Review
Although the popular education movement is one of the most important outgrowths of a most progressive era, probably little is known at the present time concerning him who was its pioneer.
No biographer has, I believe, narrated the career of the founder of Mechanic"s Institutions. Repeated reference to his work is made in the publications of his own time; encyclop?dias accord him an honoured place amongst the names of Britain"s worthies; essayists on education bestow upon him their meed of praise; but a volume devoted to him alone does not appear to have been ever written: by the modern world he is appreciated to a very limited degree - a new generation has arisen which knows him not.
And yet merit and materials for a biography are not wanting, and many who have found a Boswell to chronicle their thoughts and deeds I accomplished less than did George Birkbeck.
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