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| Sargant, William Lucas. Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Mar. 14, 1832. [S. of –, of Birmingham, maker of military equipment for the African trade. B. 1809, at King's Norton, Worcs. School, Hazelwood, Edgbaston.] Matric. Michs. 1832. Left Cambridge after 2 years to enter his father's business. Interested in educational reform; advocated religious teaching in elementary schools, finding himself bitterly opposed. Chairman, National Association League, 1870. J.P. for Birmingham, 1849. Author, The Science of Social Opulence; Economy of the Labouring Classes; Social Innovators and their Schemes; Recent Political Economy; etc. Died Nov. 2, 1889, in Birmingham. Father of William (1858). (Boase, III. 414; D.N.B.) | William Lucas SARGANT Approx. lifespan: 1809–1889 pens. Trinity College adm1832:03:14 s. of –, of Birmingham, [ Warwickshire ] maker of military equipment for the African trade. b. King's Norton, Worcestershire 1809 Sch: Hazelwood School Edgbaston, [ Warwickshire ] Matric 1832:10MT: Left CB, after 2 years to enter his father's business. Interested in educational reform; advocated religious teaching in elementary schools, finding himself bitterly opposed. Chairman: National Association League 1870 J.P. for: : Birmingham, [ Warwickshire ] 1849 Publ.: The Science of Social Opulence; Economy of the Labouring Classes; Social Innovators and their Schemes; Recent Political Economy ; etc. d. 1889:11:02 in Birmingham, [ Warwickshire ] father of William SARGANT (1858) ( Boase, III. 414; D.N.B .) |