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Culture & Society

Anna Seward: Woman of Considerable Renown

18th Century Lichfield: Cultural Capital of the Midlands

Erasmus Darwin’s Commonplace Book

An “ever-open door”: Erasmus Darwin and Lichfield

“Practical Utopias”: the Writings of Robert Bage

Poetry and the Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands c. 1730-1800

The Chance Family: Merchants and Glassmakers

Samuel Johnson, Practical Science and Industry in the Midlands

Aristocrats and the Industrial Revolution: The Leveson-Gowers

The other side of the Coin: Women and the Lunar Men

Sir John Floyer (1649-1734), Physician of Lichfield

The Life and Times of Dr Joseph Priestley

A Sorry End: The Priestley Riots of 1791

Gunpowder Joe: Priestley’s Religious Radicalism

Joseph Priestley and America

Joseph Priestley and his Influence on Education in Birmingham

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Chronology of principal events that occurred during the Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands. Significant places in the historic counties of Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire during the Industrial Revolution. Industrialists, engineers, artists, thinkers and writers who contributed to the Industrial Enlightenment, technology, art, culture, religion and politics. Explorations of industries and innovations; landscapes and localities; art and architecture; culture and diversity; and the place of the West Midlands in the contemporary world.
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