John pounds

Old pictures of John pounds

  1. John Pounds workshop

    Year unknown.
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    Unknown man outside John Pounds' shop, Highbury Street, Old Portsmouth.

    John Pounds (June 17, 1766 – January 1, 1839) was a teacher and altruist born in Portsmouth, and the man most responsible for the creation of the concept of Ragged schools. After Pounds' death, Thomas Guthrie (often credited with the creation of Ragged Schools) wrote his Plea for Ragged Schools...
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