Birkbeck
noun
George. 1776–1841, British educationalist, who helped to establish vocational training for working men: founder and first president of the London Mechanics Institute (1824), which later became Birkbeck College
Historical Examples
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume X Various
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 Various
True Tales of Mountain Adventures Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers William Bingley
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume X Various
Captains of Industry James Parton
True Tales of Mountain Adventures Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers William Bingley
Historic Highways of America (Vol. 5) Archer Butler Hulbert
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers William Bingley
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