HeadingOastler, Richard used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
Richard Oastler, (20 December 1789 - 22 August 1861) was an English labour reformer, "Tory radical",[citation needed] and abolitionist. He fought for the rights of working children in the Factory Act of 1847, and was also a prominent leader of the Factory reform and anti-Poor Law movement. [not attributed / http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRoastler.JPG -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RichardOastler.jpg]