Tag: April 1910

Advertisement: Old Firth College, Leopold Street, Sheffield: Monday May 2^nd at 8 p.m.: “The Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded” by Mrs. Hume Pinsent, Sir William Clegg, J.P, in the Chair. … Also … Care of the Feeble-Minded: There should be a large audience in the Old Firth College, Sheffield, on Monday evening to hear a lecture by Mrs. Hume Pinsent on “The Report of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded.” Mrs. Pinsent is a great authority on the subject. She was a member of the Commission, and is a member of the Birmingham Education Committee, occupying the position of chairman of the Special Schools Sub-Committee of the authority. Sir William Clegg will preside at the meeting.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Dr. Bosanquet’s Lecture: Dr. Bernard Bosanquet, who is to give the last of the series of Poor-law lectures entitled “The Art of Public Assistance,” on Tuesday next at the Friends’ Meeting House Hartshead, has had a distinguished literary career … … Although this is the last of the series of lectures arranged, a further one has been announced and will be given on Monday 2^nd May by Mrs. Hume Pinsent, on the recent report of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded. Mrs. Hume Pinsent was a member of the Commission and is also a member of the Birmingham Education Committee. She is, therefore, specially fitted for dealing with the valuable suggestions made by the commission.

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Transcribed in whole or part from scanned originals: Presented with or without modified text and punctuation. For absolute accuracy refer to the original newspapers. Source: The British Newspaper Archive

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949