Civic Gospel
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The Civic Gospel was a philosophy of municipal activism and improvement that emerged in Birmingham, England, in the mid-19th century. Tracing its origins to the teaching of independent nonconformist p
George Dawson led the call for radical reform of Birmingham from the pulpit
Birmingham in 1886, at the height of its civic renaissance, showing the Council House, Town Hall and Chamberlain Memorial
John Alfred Langford
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John Alfred Langford was an English journalist, poet and antiquary in Birmingham.
Civic Gospel
…the most influential cultural and political leaders of Victorian Birmingham, including not only Joseph Chamberlain, but also George Dixon, J. T. Bunce, J. A. Langford, Robert Martineau, Samuel Timmins, A. F. Osler, Jesse Collings, William Kenrick, and William Harris. Between 1847 and 1867, 17 members of Dawson's…
John Alfred Langford, 1863 portrait