Henry Fawcett

Henry Fawcett (1833-1884) was a British statesman and political economist, born at Salisbury. Though blind, it was his early ambition to enter the arena of politics, and he devoted himself to the study of political economy, of which he became professor at Cambridge. Entering Parliament, he became Postmaster-General under Mr. Gladstone in 1880. He wrote and published works on his favourite study.

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