Week 4

Question 1

Henry Mayhew

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

Charles Dickens

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

Edwin Chadwick

Answer 3

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

Question 4

John Snow

Answer 4

credited with figuring out the cause of cholera and eventually led to a solution to the problem. known as the father of epidemiology

Question 5

Joseph Bazalgette

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Answer 6

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.

Question 7

Prince Albert

Answer 7

Husband to Queen Victoria. Notable in increasing culture through museums and other public works

Question 8

Baron Haussmann

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

Gilbert Scott

Answer 9

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.

Question 10

Charles Harrod

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Charles Booth

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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.

Question 12

Jack the Ripper

Answer 12

serial killer of the unsolved Whitechapel murders of 5 prostitutes in the slums of London

Question 13

Queen Victoria

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death of queen victoria, revered for prosporous growth in London, sparked debate on how to honor, but also helped unite the nation

Question 14

Harry Selfridge

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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

Question 15

Charles Tyson Yerkes

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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

Question 16

Henrietta Barnett

Answer 16

attempt of social engineering, the philanthropist who founded Hampstead Garden Suburb intended for mixed communities. failed since it mainly attracted wealth

Question 17

Edwin Lutyens

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Designer of hampstead garden suburb based on garden city principles

Question 18

Neville Chamberlain

Answer 18

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