Author
The author is the former Librarian and Archivist of Meeting for Sufferings of Britain Yearly Meeting, who was responsible for the Library at Friends House, London and the co-operative biography project with two Quaker colleges in the United States. The author received the 2009 Besterman/McColvin Award for this work.
Read more about this topic: The Biographical Dictionary Of British Quakers In Commerce And Industry 1775-1920
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