| Description | This leaflet, marked with the initials of Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's married name (EMC - Elizabeth Mary Cadbury) advertises a course of twelve lectures on English history which were being held at the Peckham Centre of the London Society for the Extension of University Teaching in the large hall of the Collyer Memorial Schools on Peckham High Street. The lectures, commencing on Thursday 18th January 1883, focussed on the reign of George III (1760-1820), and were to be delivered by the academic Henry Cunynghame from St. John's College, Cambridge.
The leaflet reveals that Elizabeth Taylor's father John Taylor, named as 'J. Taylor Esq', and Elizabeth Taylor herself ('Miss E. M. Taylor'), were members of the Local Committee for the Society. This reflects the Taylor family's active involvement in public work supporting the extension of education. |