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Hace 2 días · The Victorian era was a hotbed for innovation and discovery, significantly impacting how people lived, worked, and communicated. The London Underground, the world's first underground railway, opened in 1863, revolutionizing urban transport. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, fundamentally changing global communication.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Victoria | Biography, Family Tree, Children, Successor, & Facts | Britannica. Home Politics, Law & Government World Leaders Emperors & Empresses. Victoria. queen of United Kingdom. Also known as: Alexandrina Victoria. Written by. Edgar Trevor Williams. Secretary, Rhodes Trust, 1959–80.
- Victoria was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901). Her reign was one of the longes...
- Victoria’s father died when she was a baby. She was raised by her mother at Kensington Palace and had a lonely childhood until she became queen at...
- Victoria married her first cousin Albert, prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, on February 10, 1840.
- Victoria had nine children: Victoria (1840–1901), the princess royal; Albert Edward (1841–1910), who became King Edward VII; Alice (1843–78); Alfre...
3 de may. de 2024 · Charles Dickens (born February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England—died June 9, 1870, Gad’s Hill, near Chatham, Kent) was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era.
- Among Charles Dickens’s many works are the novels The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1838), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (185...
- Charles Dickens is considered the greatest English novelist of the Victorian era. He enjoyed a wide popularity, his work appealing to the simple an...
- Charles Dickens’s father, a clerk, was well paid, but his failings often brought the family trouble. In 1824 Charles was withdrawn from school and...
Hace 6 días · Griffin argues that the ways in which families were structured and functioned explains how Britain could become the richest country in the world yet numbers of its children could remain undernourished, ragged, and homeless. Working people’s life writings expose the mechanisms.
27 de abr. de 2024 · While unprecedented population and geographical growth from the turn of the 19th century combined with transformative building programmes and the effects of industrialisation entrenched the urban slums, technological changes in the leisure industry breathed new life into entertainments which either appealed to, or projected images of, ‘low life’...
Hace 1 día · Based on Richmond’s doctoral thesis at Goldsmiths, Clothing the Poor is an important and welcome addition to the growing body of literature that examines the clothing and clothing cultures of non-elite members of society, making a significant contribution to our understanding of the dress, social and cultural history of 19th-century England.
Hace 6 días · Advances in technology, science and industry brought change to all areas. One setting that provided endless inspiration for Victorian inventors was their homes. As it took on new forms and functions in the wake of rapid social change, the Victorian home sparked ideas for an array of creative inventions attempting to improve the domestic experience.
