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Title
William Edward Forster (1818–1886)
Date
1890
Medium
bronze
Accession number
BD1_MPC_S031
Acquisition method
commissioned by City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Work type
Statue
Owner
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
17th May 1890
Listing date
09/08/83
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
J. HARVARD THOMAS. SCULP / 1889
Inscription description
‘EAGER IN ALL THINGS TO / PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF / HIS COUNTRYMEN – LABOURING / ESPECIALLY FOR NATIONAL / EDUCATION AND SUCCEEDING / FINALLY IN EXTENDING IT / THROUGHOUT THE LAND’ / THIS PLAQUE WAS MADE IN ONE OF THE CITY’S SCHOOLS TO / COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE 1870 EDUCATION ACT.ERECTED / IN MEMORY OF / THE RIGHT HONORABLE / W.E. FORSTER / WHO FOR 25 YEARS REPRESENTED THE BOROUGH OF BRADFORD / IN PARLIAMENT. / AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE OFFICES OF / UNDER SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIED / VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL FOR EDUCATION / AND / CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND / BORN JULY 11TH 1818, DIED APRIL 5TH 1886
Forster Square, Bradford
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