Joseph Lancaster

Joseph Lancaster (25 November 1778 – 23 October 1838) was an English Quaker and public education innovator. He developed, and propagated on the grounds both of economy and efficacy, a monitorial system of primary education. In the first decades of the 19th century his ideas found application in new schools established in growing industrial centres.

For the American judge, see Joseph B. Lancaster.

Joseph Lancaster
Joseph Lancaster, by John Hazlitt, c. 1818
Born(1778-11-25)25 November 1778
Southwark, London, England
Died23 October 1838(1838-10-23) (aged 59)
New York City, New York, US
NationalityBritish
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