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John Fielden (17 January 1784 – 29 May 1849) was a British industrialist and Radical Member of Parliament for Oldham (1832–1847). He entered Parliament to support William Cobbett, whose election as fellow-MP for Oldham he helped to bring about.
25 de may. de 2024 · John Fielden (born Jan. 17, 1784, Todmorden, Yorkshire, Eng.—died May 29, 1849, Skegness, Lincolnshire) was a radical British reformer, a notable proponent of legislation protecting the welfare of factory workers.
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John Fielden (1784-1849) Taken from Sir Lesley Stephen & Sir Sidney Lee (eds.), Dictionary of National Biography: from the earliest times to 1900 (London, Oxford University Press, 1949).
Fielden first attracted attention as a humane factory owner. At the close of the eighteenth century his father had built up one of the early cotton businesses at Todmorden. Fielden and two brothers succeeded the father, turning his small manufactury into one of the largest firms in the British. Isles.
Factory reformer. A wealthy cotton‐spinner, whose mills dominated Todmorden, Fielden was a friend and admirer of Cobbett. He held that the welfare of labouring people should be the aim of all government. As MP for Oldham from 1832 he tirelessly sponsored bills to regulate minimum wages and hours of child labour in mills.
This is the first biographical study of John Fielden, industrial magnate and radical MP for Oldham in Lancashire from 1832 to 1847. Best known as a leading advocate of factory reform - he was the...
