Project Gutenberg 2019-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 198 Hill, Rowland, Sir 1795 1879 Hill, Sir Rowland Hill, George Birkbeck Norman 1835 1903 Hill, G. Birkbeck (George Birkbeck) Hill, George Birbeck The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2) E-text prepared by MWS, Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by George Birkbeck Hill is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the life of Sir Rowland Hill, an influential figure in communication history, and explores the development of the penny postage system. Hill’s reforms transformed the postal service, making it accessible and affordable for the general public, a subject that underpins the narrative. At the start of this biography, the author introduces Rowland Hill, detailing his ancestry and family background, which shaped his character and values. We learn about Hill's upbringing in a middle-class family that experienced significant hardships, including famine and riots during his childhood. His father's strong sense of justice and commitment to civil liberties profoundly influenced Hill, instilling in him the principles that would guide his later reforms. The opening chapters paint a vivid picture of his early life, emphasizing the attributes he inherited from both parents, which ultimately equipped him for his revolutionary work in postal reform. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879 Postal service -- Great Britain -- Rates HE Text Category: Biographies Category: History - Other Category: History - Modern (1750+) 1302799 2025-07-23T13:06:08.000790 text/html 1312896 2019-04-29T12:11:59 text/html 1250470 2025-07-23T13:06:23.688676 application/epub+zip 1273494 2025-07-23T13:06:10.626722 application/epub+zip 557916 2025-07-23T13:06:09.280807 application/epub+zip 1625582 2025-07-23T13:06:32.652655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1542309 2025-07-23T13:06:22.147668 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 827965 2022-09-26T23:13:30.590619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1152630 2025-07-23T13:06:06.195773 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1152564 2020-06-15T04:04:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19704 2025-07-23T13:06:32.813632 application/rdf+xml 22782 2025-07-23T13:06:09.456781 image/jpeg 3796 2025-07-23T13:06:09.369798 image/jpeg 417431 2020-06-15T04:04:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 1157352 2019-04-29T12:15:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 1160082 2025-07-23T13:06:08.114838 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia