Category:Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) was a London-based society devoted to the production of cheap, informative publications. In 1826 its founding committee consisted of 47 members, most of whom were prominent in politics, the law, medicine, or the sciences. The committee continued to meet monthly to manage the society's affairs over the following twenty years, and committee members were often heavily involved in writing for and revising the society's many publications. Over time, there was a significant degree of turnover in committee members, with new members elected by existing ones from the society's subscribers.^[1]^[2]

^ [Prospectus of the] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London: printed by William Clowes. 1827.
^ Smith, Harold (1974). The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1826–1846: A Social and Bibliographical Evaluation. Halifax, N.S.: Dalhousie University Press.

Pages in category "Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge"

The following 130 pages are in this category, out of 130 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

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David Jardine (barrister)

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George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent

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Richard Quain (English surgeon)

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Nicholas Aylward Vigors

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John Ashton Yates

[1] [Prospectus of the] Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London: printed by William Clowes. 1827.

[2] Smith, Harold (1974). The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1826–1846: A Social and Bibliographical Evaluation. Halifax, N.S.: Dalhousie University Press.

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