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Trevor May (–2021)
Autor de The Victorian Undertaker
Sobre El Autor
Trevor May was educated at the universities of London and Exeter and is a professional historian, writer and educator. He has written over a dozen books on social and economic history topics, including The Victorian Railway Worker, The Victorian Workhouse and The Victorian Domestic Servant.
Obras de Trevor May
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2021
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- United Kingdom
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Harrow, London, England, UK
- Educación
- University of London (MPhil, PhD)
- Ocupaciones
- Historian
university lecturer
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 18
- Miembros
- 407
- Popularidad
- #59,758
- Valoración
- 3.3
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 22
- Favorito
- 1
A couple of mistakes to correct. The caption for the lower picture on page 7 should read "... Charles Cordiner's "Remarkable Ruins and Romantic Prospects of North Britain" ...". In the caption for the lower picture on page 33, he is wrong in his assertion in the last sentence, for it was not naval conservatism but naval pragmatism that required semaphore to continue after the introduction of the electric telegraph - if the electric telegraph failed for any reason, not least from action damage, then an alternative method of signalling between ships was required. Indeed, semaphore may be used even in the 21st Century when there is concern about an enemy listening in.… (más)