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 |