Barrister, Liberal MP, Postmaster General 1892-5. From Ornamental Passions:
Morley has gone down in history for a staggeringly wrong assessment of the market potential of a new technology. In in 1895 he told the House of Commons: "There is a great distinction between telephone companies and gas and water companies. Gas and water are requisites for every inhabitant in a district, but the telephone cannot, and never will be, an advantage which can be enjoyed by large masses of the working classes." Wrong and sneering. Brilliant.
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Arnold Morley
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Arnold Morley keystone
Morley opened this building. With the pupil-less eyes this looks like a death...
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Rodney Bickerstaffe
Rodney Kevan Bickerstaffe was born on 6 April 1945 in Hammersmith. He was the General Secretary of National Union of Public Employees from 1982 to 1993 and of UNISON from 1996 to 2001. He died fro...
1 memorial
Julius Salter Elias, Viscount Southwood
'Fairlight' in Wood Lane, Highgate, was built in 1908 for Julius Elias. who was the head of the publishing firm, Odhams Press, and later became Viscount Southwood. There is a book by R.J Minney, 'V...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration
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Revd. Prebendary MacKenzie, MA
One of the managers of the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital.
1 memorial
1 memorial
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