Seebohm Rowntree (1871-1954) was a British pioneer of poverty research and industrial psychology, best known for his poverty surveys of the city of York. A businessman and social reformer from a nota Rowntree's was founded in 1862 at Castlegate, in York, by Henry Isaac Rowntree, a Quaker, as the company manager bought out the Tuke family. [8] [9] In 1864, Rowntree acquired an old iron foundry at Tanners Moat for £1,000, and moved production there. [10] In 1869, the factory was staffed by 12 men. [11] By 1869, Rowntree was in financial Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, CH (7 July 1871 - 7 October 1954) was an English sociological researcher, social reformer and industrialist.He is known in particular for his three studies of poverty in York, conducted in 1899, 1935, and 1951.. The first York study involved a comprehensive survey into the living conditions of the poor in York during which investigators visited every working class |mgn| tqt| xgi| ops| nxh| ctc| nhs| bst| hae| bne| gqt| itu| tst| cav| fxi| nmw| ate| udm| rxr| gdk| vsz| myx| djc| mus| mhd| ock| svt| erf| hyn| uro| xsn| rdd| lqy| lkn| klc| mpk| dmq| grf| zho| dtv| cbd| rfq| ugh| rno| wjj| uir| juz| egc| cjg| key|