Robert Raikes

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English promoter of Sunday schools

JournalistsLived 1736 to 1811 · aged 74

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Robert Raikes was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman. He was educated at The Crypt School in Gloucester. He was noted for his promotion of Sunday schools.

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The story behind Robert Raikes' Sunday school

Robert Raikes Statue, Victoria Embankment Gardens SW1 - London

Statue of Robert Raikes next to Queen's Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

Front and back of the 1880 "Centenary of Sunday Schools" medal distributed to children attending Sunday Schools that year.

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Robert Raikes

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