Week 4 Flashcards
Henry Mayhew
social reformer and founder of magazine Punch and author of London Labor and the London Poor. wrote about the different lives between the poor and wealth of London. focused his writings on the main differences between the two.
Charles Dickens
known as the master biographer of London’s poor, he wrote about the poor and their daily lives. mad at the state because of growth and poor conditions for the poor.
Edwin Chadwick
sanitation commissioner who proposed the miasma theory. Offered a solution for cholera by proposing to remove waste and place it in a different body of water, resulting in more deaths
John Snow
credited with figuring out the cause of cholera and eventually led to a solution to the problem. known as the father of epidemiology
Joseph Bazalgette
known as the engineer behind the sewage system of London. built of 1300 miles of tunnels. plans included two outflow sewers, north, and south of the Thames
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
the famous engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, played a key role in Britain’s industrial revolution, designing and constructing railway lines, bridges, tunnels and docks around the country, as well as providing massive advances in naval architecture.
Prince Albert
Husband to Queen Victoria. Notable in increasing culture through museums and other public works
Baron Haussmann
brought clean water and modern sewers to the fast growing city, to light the streets with gas lanterns, to construct a central market (Les Halles), and to build parks, schools, hospitals, asylums, prisons, and administrative buildings.
Gilbert Scott
Architefct associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of workhouses. Over 800 buildings were designed or altered by him.
Charles Harrod
Charles Henry Harrod was an English business tycoon, involved in the retail trade. He is best known as the founder of the highly successful and world-renowned Harrods Department Store in London, which is well known today for its food halls, specialism in luxury foreign foods and its fashion and beauty departments
Charles Booth
the social reformer who wrote life and labour of the people highlighted gross poverty number in English slums. spoke about the main cause of poverty in London was the nature of work.
Jack the Ripper
serial killer of the unsolved Whitechapel murders of 5 prostitutes in the slums of London
Queen Victoria
death of queen victoria, revered for prosporous growth in London, sparked debate on how to honor, but also helped unite the nation
Harry Selfridge
changed the shopping experience by implementing motto of the customer is always right. changed the idea of shopping away from a mere purchase to an experience
Charles Tyson Yerkes
the man responsible for the construction of the Northern, Piccadilly, and Bakerloo lines. He founded the Underground Electric Railways of London, which was one of the forerunner companies of today’s Underground
Henrietta Barnett
attempt of social engineering, the philanthropist who founded Hampstead Garden Suburb intended for mixed communities. failed since it mainly attracted wealth
Edwin Lutyens
Designer of hampstead garden suburb based on garden city principles
Neville Chamberlain
health minister and later prime minister responsible for cleaning up and reforming slums in London. Would later consolidate all the LCC under local government control and combine public sectors together
