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TitleHolyoake, George Jacob: Sixty Years of an Agitator’s Life
DescriptionDOB: 1818
DOD: unknown

Born in Birmingham.
Had 10 siblings.

Worked at a tinman’s shop, soldering the handles of lanterns.
Worked at the Foundry for 13 years as a mechanic alongside his father.
Worked as a school teacher, then a public speaker.
He worked in secretarial work and journalism.
Three times a Parliamentary candidate.

Interested in radical political movements.
Devoted his life to public campaigning.

The autobiography focuses on what the work of a mechanic consists of.
The autobiography also mentions the author’s interest in politics.

The autobiography is typed-written.

Politics, Campaigning, Work, Mechanic, Workhouse, Workshop
Date1892
LevelItem
Extent1
FormatBoth hard and digital copies
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