Leonard Horner
Geologist, Organization founder
1785 – 1864
Who was Leonard Horner?
Leonard Horner FRSE FRS FGS was a Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer. He was the brother of Francis Horner.
Horner was a founder of the School of Arts of Edinburgh, now Heriot-Watt University and one of the founders of the Edinburgh Academy. A 'radical educational reformer' he was involved in the establishment of University College School. As a commissioner on the Royal Commission on the Employment of Children in Factories, Horner arguably did more to improve the working conditions of women and children in North England than any other person in the 19th century.
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- Born
- Jan 17, 1785
Edinburgh - Siblings
- Children
- Profession
- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- Royal High School, Edinburgh
- Lived in
- Edinburgh
- Died
- Mar 5, 1864
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on July 23, 2013
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