| Description | William White, a Quaker book seller and publisher, had been involved in the adult school movement since 1848, when he became teacher of Class I at Severn Street Adult School, and he remained teacher of this class until his death in 1900. He was instrumental in the expansion of the Adult School Movement in Birmingham and across the country and in 1884 led a meeting at Severn Street Adult School to form the Midland Adult School Union. Apart from adult school work, he was also active in local goverment; from 1873, he was a Birmingham town councillor and he chaired several of Birmingham Corporation’s committees. In 1893 he became Lord Mayor of Birmingham. He was also a magistrate and as a supporter of the Temperance movement, was chair of the Birmingham Coffee House Company. |