Wakefield Changes his Mind About the "Sufficient Price"

In: International review of social history, Band 8, Heft 2, S. 251-269

Abstract

Edward Gibbon Wakefield was born in London in 1796. For part of his childhood his grandmother, Mrs. Priscilla Wakefield, was his guardian. She was a prominent Quaker, author of several books includingA Family Tour through the British Empire(1814), an active social worker and founder of a savings bank. His father was also a philanthropist and author ofAn Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political(1812), but he does not appear to have been an active member of the Society of Friends.