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[BIRKBECK
(Dr. George, 1776-1841, originator of Mechanics' Institutes)]
Receipt by the Norwich Union Insurance Society
for £15 2s. annual premium, for insuring his life for £499, signed by directors Alex. Thwaites and J Crowe, and agent Chas. A. Hacket, elegant printed form 5½ x 8, company's woodblock device, anti-forgery border in left margin divided vertically, 21 Birchin Lane, Cornhill, London, 27th December
Item Date: 1823
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Background
In 1799 at Anderson's College, Glasgow, where he was Professor of Natural Philosophy, Birkbeck gave his first free lectures to working men. He took a leading part in founding the London Mechanics' Institute, 1824, now Birkbeck College of the University of London.
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