George Dawson (preacher)
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George Dawson was an English nonconformist preacher, lecturer and activist. He was an influential voice in the calls for radical political and social reform in Birmingham, a philosophy that became known as the Civic Gospel.
George Dawson (preacher)
An engraving of Dawson, c.1852
The Unitarian Church of the Saviour in Edward Street, Birmingham (1847–1895)
Bust of Dawson in the Library of Birmingham
Jesse Collings
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Jesse Collings was Mayor of Birmingham, England, a Liberal member of Parliament, but was best known nationally in the UK as an advocate of educational reform and land reform.
Jesse Collings
A caricature of Jesse Collings in Vanity Fair, 1888. The caption was "3 acres and a cow".