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The Victorian period refers to the reign of Queen Victoria, 1837-1901. Some scholars suggest the Victorian period can include the period from 1832 (passing of Reform Act, which increased the size of the electorate). In some cases, I have included people who were active just before the Victorian period because they had an influence on that period.

An overlapping period to the Victorian era is the industrial revolution.

Famous people of the Victorian Period

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) English engineer. Brunel was an influential civil engineer of the Victorian period. He built the Great Western Railway from Bristol to London and also developed powerful steamships.

William Gladstone (1809-1898) Liberal Prime Minister. He served as the Prime Minister on four occasions, and as Chancellor of Exchequer on four occasions. Considered to have the epitome of Victorian moral values.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Writer and social critic. Dickens more than any other writer captured the Victorian age, especially some of the poverty that was endemic in Victorian inner cities.

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) English Mathematician, writer and author of Alice in Wonderland.

Victorian Humanitarians and Social Activists

These were Victorians who campaigned for improved human rights, the end of slavery, and equality.

William Wilberforce (1759-1833) Campaigner to end slavery. Wilberforce successfully highlighted the terrible conditions of slavery.

Elizabeth Fr y (1780-1845) Quaker prison reformer. She also greatly helped the conditions of prisoners sent for transportation, eventually leading to the abolition of transportation as punishment.

Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) English abolitionist and leading campaigner against the slave trade.

Women Activists and Suffragists

The Victorian period saw the emergence of the campaign for women's equality and the vote for women.

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) British suffragette who resorted to militant tactics in an effort to gain women the vote.

Victorian Scientists

Alexander Bell (1847-1922) Scottish scientist credited with inventing the first working telephone.

Famous Victorian Poets

The Victorian period was a golden age of poetry. Here I've included Keats, Shelley and the Romantic poets - although their great works really pre-date the Victorian age.

Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) Popular Victorian Poet Laureate, wrote Charge of the Light Brigade, Ulysses, Although In Memoriam A.H.H.

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) poet. She wrote a variety of poems, including for children, romantic poems and also Christian devotional poems - probably her most famous being the words for the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter.

Emily Brontë (1818-1850) Writer and poet from Haworth, Yorkshire. Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, became a classic of English Literature.

See also: Victorian Poets at Poetseers.org

Famous Americans during the 'Victorian Period'

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) - As President Lincoln fought to keep the union of United States together during the civil war. In his famous Gettysburg speech, he inspired the nation with his noble words and helped to bring about the abolishment of slavery.

Famous Europeans during Victorian Period

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) Scientist. Best known for his discovery of the principles of vaccination. He intended a process to stop bacteria growth in liquids, known after him as pasteurization.

Citation: Pettinger, Tejvan. "Famous Victorians", Oxford, UK www.biographyonline.net, 11/02/2013. Updated 14 February 2018.

The Victorians

The Victorians by A.N. Wilson at Amazon
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Great Briton list - Top 100 famous Britons as voted by a BBC poll. Including Winston Churchill, William Shakespeare, Thomas Cromwell and Queen Elizabeth I.

Edwardian Age (1901 to 1914). A period of growth in science, technology and also rising tensions between the major powers. Also saw the 'heroic age' of exploration.
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The Victorian period refers to the reign of Queen Victoria, 1837-1901. Some scholars suggest the Victorian period can include the period from 1832 (passing of Reform Act, which increased the size of the electorate). In some cases, I have included people who were active just before the Victorian period because they had an influence on that period.

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Bob Cratchit made 15 shillings a week.

That would be in today's money $93.66 a week, or $2.34 an hour at 40 hours a week.

What was a shilling worth at the time of Scrooge?

This web site, All about money | A Christmas Carol: The Scrooge Diaries , says:

"Half-a-crown - 12.5 cents
Shilling - 5 cents
Sixpence - 2.5 cents
Penny - Approximately half a cent
Farthing - Approximately one-tenth of a cent

So when the story mentions Bob's salary of 15 shillings a week, you can easily see, even at that time, how measly it was. Mrs. Cratchit must have seriously splurged to buy those ribbons on her dress for sixpence. When A Christmas Carol was first published, it sold for 5 shillings a copy, cheaper than many books of the period, but still quite a luxury."

One Shilling GBP in 1850 had the purchasing power of about £3.80 GBP today, or $5.85.(from this site)

So, 15 shillings would be £3.80 x 15 = £57 a week, or $89.07. (from this site)

So he would make about $89 a week and $4628 a year, assuming he works every week of the year, which considering Scrooge won't easily let him off for Christmas he probably does work that much. I doubt very many families could support so many children on that amount. If he worked a 40 hour work week, that would be $2.23 an hour.

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