02756nam 2200541Ia 450 991045351830332120200520144314.01-84631-298-1(CKB)1000000000541150(EBL)380625(OCoLC)437241521(SSID)ssj0000141181(PQKBManifestationID)11157826(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141181(PQKBWorkID)10090476(PQKB)11590832(UkCbUP)CR9781846312984(MiAaPQ)EBC380625(Au-PeEL)EBL380625(CaPaEBR)ebr10369579(EXLCZ)99100000000054115019990528d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDr Macnamara, 1861-1931[electronic resource] /Robin BettsLiverpool Liverpool University Press19991 online resource (432 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85323-863-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-407) and index.Title Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1: Apprenticeship in Education; 2: The Board School Teacher, 1882-1892; 3: The Schoolmaster; 4: The London School Board, 1894-1897; 5: President of the NUT; 6: The London School Board, 1897-1900; 7: Parliament, 1900-1902; 8: The Education Act, 1902; 9: The End of the London School Board; 10: The Decline of the Unionist Government, 1903-1905; 11: Outside and Inside the Government, 1905-1908; 12: Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, 1908-1914; 13: Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, 1914-1920; 14: Minister of Labour15: ExclusionNotes; Bibliography; IndexThis well-researched historical biography is the first on Dr T. J. Macnamara, the first ex-elementary teacher to win a government post. Colleague and close friend of Lloyd George, and praised by Winston Churchill, Macnamara was an educationist, journalist and Cabinet Minister. This study of his life and career makes a major contribution to educational history as well as to the history of the Liberal Party, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and British political history generally. Fascinating details of Macnamara's pre-Parliamentary career are provided and, alongside the biographical accountPoliticiansGreat BritainBiographyElectronic books.Politicians941.082Betts Robin935313MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453518303321Dr Macnamara, 1861-19312106608UNINA