Reform Gallery

'Sir Samuel Romilly', c1790, (c1884). Creator: Unknown

'Sir Samuel Romilly', c1790, (c1884). Samuel Romilly (1757-1818), British lawyer, abolitionist, politician and legal reformer, largely self-educated from a Huguenot family, he entered Gray's Inn and was made a King's Counsel in 1800. From "Leaders of the Senate: A Biographical History of the Rise and Development of the British Constitution, Vol. I.", by Alexander Charles Ewald, F.S.A. [William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Berlin]

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Otto von Bismark, German statesman, 1877. Artist: A von Werner

Otto von Bismark, German statesman, 1877. Prince Otto von Bismarck-Schonhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898), was Chancellor of Prussia and architect of modern Germany. His ambition was to unify the various independent German states into a single nation under Prussian leadership. The catalyst to bringing this about was the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, when the other German states fought alongside the Prussians. France was defeated, and in 1871, the German Empire was established, with Bismarck as Chancellor. (Colorised black and white print).

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'The Burning of John Huss by the Council of Constance, July 6, 1415', (1907). Artist: Unknown

'The Burning of John Huss by the Council of Constance, July 6, 1415', (1907). Jan Huss (1369-1415), Czech priest, philosopher, early Christian reformer and Master at Charles University in Prague. Considered the earliest church reformer, a key predecessor to the Protestant movement of the sixteenth century. He was burned at the stake for heresy against the doctrines of the Catholic Church, including those on ecclesiology and the Eucharist. From The World's History, Volume V, by Dr. H. F. Helmolt. [William Heinemann, London, 1907]

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