Joseph Lancaster
1778–1838
Educationalist. Opened a free school in Southwark, 1801; developed the monitorial system, whereby older pupils taught younger ones. Emigrated to America, 1818. Lived in Caracas, Venezuela, 1827–9.
Source
ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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