Samuel Greg, the son of Thomas Greg and Elizabeth Hyde, was born in Belfast in 1758. Samuel's father was a successful merchant and ship owner. His mother's family were also wealthy and into business. Her brother, Robert Hyde, was a merchant based in Manchester. He imported linen thread from Ireland and used weavers in Lancashire to turn it into cloth. Samuel Greg joined Robert Hyde's company in Manchester being orphaned. In 1780, Greg became a junior partner in his uncle's company. Hyde had left
the Site for Quarry Bank Mill was Chosen by Samuel Greg After years of experience in textile manufacturing, and a lucky boost of confidence due to finance, in 1783, Samuel Greg made several journeys into the countryside around Manchester searching for a suitable site where he might build a new mill. The site at Styal seemed ideal to accomplish its sole purpose; to make profit. The aim of this essay is to investigate all the factors Greg considered whilst selecting the site, in the hope that
resulted in the factories being able to employ more works, the increase in import of raw material, and certain individuals including inventers like Richard Arkwright, who built the water wheel to speed up product lines and factories such as Samuel Greg, who was a highly successful business man. Over the course of the 18th century many factories were built to produce the textiles and cotton that Britain demanded and utilised their resources well. A good example of one of these factories would be Quarry
were rarely inspected. This quote reflects the view that Samuel Greg actually did care for his workers, but that he was also a shrewd businessman because he knew that a healthy workforce would reap rewards and profit. The children worked shifts of "12 hours" and this paid for their accommodation as they weren't paid, they only received money if they worked overtime which would pay them 1 penny an hour. Sickness was rare "Mr Greg pays the doctor for all medicines" in Quarry bank Mill. During
is not enough information to show what working conditions were like for children. This shows that Greg was good to his workers. Frederick Engel thought that he would see misery and starvation and that the workers hate the manufacturers, but he dose not see that here in the present of Mr Greg. The workers were limited to read newspapers or else they were sacked, this gives evidence that Greg is very domineering, dictated to what they could or could not do and is very much in control. Source
account of a visit to Quarry Bank Mill. This source was taken from Frederick Engles, ‘The Condition of The Working Class’ 1845. Engles was a writer and campaigner for the rights of the labouring classes. He also didn’t support the way the Samuel Greg worked. Frederick Engles worked with the founder of Communism and Socialism, Carl Marx. He hated the way poor people were treated and educated. He believed that society was unfair. This therefore means that this source is very biased, unbalanced
Jekyll’s Case of DID: In Stevenson’s novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Henry Jekyll is a prosperous physician. He is well known for his decent manner. But deep inside he, ‘‘stood already committed to a profound duplicity of life’’ (2011: 72). But, being a part of Victorian society which greatly emphasized on reputation
Wesson-Martin English 1302 November 11, 2015 A Modern Gothic Story: Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” When one thinks of a Gothic novel, the titles that usually come to mind are some of the classics such as Bram Stroker’s Dracula, Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. These are some of the more obvious stories that most people have either read or seen on the big screen. To even suggest, at first glance, that “A Rose for Emily” by William