Edwin Chadwick
1800–90
Sanitary reformer. On royal commission to investigate condition of factory children, 1833. Secretary to the new poor-law commissioners, 1834–46. A member of the sanitary commission, 1839 and 1844. A member of the Board of Health, 1848–54.
Source
DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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