The Biographical Dictionary of British
Quakers in Commerce and Industry, 1775–1920, by
Edward H. Milligan,[1] includes entries for some 2,800 people, arranged alphabetically. The last page is numbered 606.
Author
The author is the former Librarian and Archivist of
Meeting for Sufferings (the executive committee) of
Britain Yearly Meeting (the central national body), who was responsible for the Library at
Friends House, London and the co-operative biography project with two Quaker colleges in the United States. The author received the 2009
Besterman/
McColvin Award for this work.[2]
Indices
The work includes the following indices:
Illustrations (copious black and white)
Occupations
Places (Arranged by County and Town)
Apprentice masters
Schools attended
Other introductory and explanatory matter
The prelims (xviii pages)
Prologue
The Quaker background
Entry arrangement (a somewhat lengthy explanation, but highly relevant)
Abbreviations.
The appendices
The Quaker calendar
Editions of the
Book of Discipline of London Yearly Meeting/Britain Yearly Meeting.
The Dictionary shows many kinship groups active in commerce and industry. It shows the female children of each subject, if they married a male who is also a subject. An example of kinship is the entries for people called "Fox":
^reported in The Friend 19 June 2009. The
Besterman/McColvin Award is given by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) for outstanding works of reference.