02426cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000350011324500810014826400510022930000470028033600260032733700260035333800360037950000310041550802400044652011830068653400450186965300340191465300450194870000450199385600430203899900190208159390UtSlPG20260610134352.0mcr n260607r2019||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHE1 aHill, Rowland, Sir,d1795-187914aThe Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2019  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2019-04-29  aE-text prepared by MWS, Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)  a"The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by George Birkbeck Hill is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the life of Sir Rowland Hill, an influential figure in communication history, and explores the development of the penny postage system. Hill’s reforms transformed the postal service, making it accessible and affordable for the general public, a subject that underpins the narrative.  At the start of this biography, the author introduces Rowland Hill, detailing his ancestry and family background, which shaped his character and values. We learn about Hill's upbringing in a middle-class family that experienced significant hardships, including famine and riots during his childhood. His father's strong sense of justice and commitment to civil liberties profoundly influenced Hill, instilling in him the principles that would guide his later reforms. The opening chapters paint a vivid picture of his early life, emphasizing the attributes he inherited from both parents, which ultimately equipped him for his revolutionary work in postal reform. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aHill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879  aPostal service -- Great Britain -- Rates1 aHill, George Birkbeck Norman,d1835-190340uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59390  c100216d100216