The idea of adjusting clocks in order to benefit from daylight was first proposed in New Zealand in 1895, and was first implemented by Germany and her allies in WW1 (to save coal). William Willett came up with the idea independently in the UK in 1905 but it was not implemented here until WW1 and in the US in 1918.
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Daylight Saving Time
Hamptons International, the estate agents, occupy William Willett’s former es...
National Archives gives: "It was on 20th June 1842 that twelve members of a P...
Roman Catholic almshouses, funded by Joseph and Mary Knight. Designed by Pu...
Feminist and social reformer. Daughter of John & Margaret Gladstone. Born...
London-based international organisation focused on human rights. Its mission ...
