Sir Rowland Hill, 1795 – 1879. English teacher, inventor and social reformer, best known for originating the basic concepts of the modern postal service, including the invention of the postage stamp.

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Sir Rowland Hill, 1795 – 1879. English teacher, inventor and social reformer, best known for originating the basic concepts of the modern postal service, including the invention of the postage stamp. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900

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