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About A. J. Mundella
Anthony John Mundella was an English manufacturer and later a Liberal Party MP and Cabinet Minister who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1868 to 1897. He served under William Ewart Gladstone as Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education from 1880 to 1885 and as President of the Board of Trade in 1886 and from 1892 to 1894. As education minister he established universal compulsory education in Britain and played the major part in building the state education system. At the Board of Trade he was instrumental in the reduction of working hours and the raising of minimum ages in the employment of children and young people. He was among the first to prove the effectiveness of arbitration and conciliation in industrial relations. He also brought in the first laws to prevent cruelty to children. He was also an early supporter of women's suffrage. His political achievements in the late Victorian age are said to have anticipated 20th century society.
Everything about A. J. Mundella →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, President of the Board of Trade, member of the 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 25th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- March 28, 1825
- Died
- July 21, 1897