What happened in the 1850s?
🏛️ The British Parliament Passes the Public Libraries Act (1850): Fostering Public Education
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Public Libraries Act 1850 - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
The English Public Library 1850-1939 - Historic England (org.uk)
The Public Libraries Act of 1850 - History of Information (historyofinformation.com)
The Public Libraries Act 1850 - COVE Studio (covecollective.org)
Library Legislation: United Kingdom, United States of America and ... (niteshkverma.com)
Public Libraries Act - Spartacus Educational (spartacus-educational.com)
The 1870 Education Act - UK Parliament (parliament.uk)
Public library - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
(PDF) Cultivating Public Readers: Citizens, Classes, and Types (researchgate.net)
Robert Lee Humber, Jr., Papers - Collection Guides (ecu.edu)