Statue of W E Forster, next to Marks & Spencer store in the Broadway Shopping Centre, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England UK
Forster one of those Victorian giants who began his career in the woolen industry, working twelve hours a day while studying Greek, mathematics, and political history at night. After founding a company in the textile trade, he devoted himself to liberal causes, entering Parliament and remaining there for the rest of his life, almost always winning his seat by landslide votes. As a young man he accompanied his Quaker father to Ireland where they distributed famine relief at a time when many in the British government denied any major problem existed. After election to Parliament, he quickly became a major force in opposing recognition of the Confederacy during the American civil war, advocating extension of the right to vote resulting in the Reform Bill of 1867, and fair treatment of Ireland and the Irish poor.
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Photo credit: © John Morrison / Alamy / Afripics
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