| Authorised form of name | Mundella; Anthony John (1825 - 1897) |
| Dates | 1825 - 1897 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Date of birth | 28 March 1825 |
| Place of death | His house, 16 Elvaston Place, Queen's Gate, London |
| Date of death | 21 July 1897 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire |
| Activity | Career:
Entered a printing office; Partner, Messrs Hine and Co, hosiery manufacturers, Nottingham; MP for Sheffield (1868-1885); MP for Brightside division, Shefffield (1885-1897); Privy Councillor (1880); introduced the Compulsory Education Act (1881); President of the Board of Trade (1886, 1892-1894); died of paralysis
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/03/1882 |
| Relationships | Son of Antonio Mundella, originally of Monte Olimpino near Como, Italy, who came to England as a political refugee, and his wife Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Allsopp; married (1845) Mary, daughter of William Smith |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 09 December 1871, 30 November 1893 (group)
Notes:
Certificate of a Candidate of the privileged class for Election |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/56452065 |
| Code | NA1526 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1882/04 | Mundella, Anthony John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/15/238 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 22 July 1897 |
| MC/12/239 | Letter from A J [Anthony John] Mundella, Education Department, Whitehall, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 11 March 1882 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |