Arnold
Toynbee was
born in London in 1852. Educated at private
schools at Blackheath and Woolwich, he attended Pembroke
College (1873-74) and Balliol College
(1875-78). After graduating in 1878 he became a lecturer in political
economy at Oxford University.
Toynbee investigated the science of economics where he attempted to
develop a system that would improve the condition of the working class.
Toynbee came to the conclusion that individuals had a duty to devote
themselves to the service of humanity.
A supporter of the co-operative movement and working class education,
Arnold
Toynbee
died at the age of thirty in 1883. Toynbee's famous book, The
Industrial Revolution in England
was published after his death. In 1884 Toynbee
Hall
in Whitechapel, East London, was founded in his memory.
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