Robert
Sherard,
was born in Melton Mowbray in 1861. He was the son of Rev. Bennet
Sherard Kennedy and a great
grandson of William Wordsworth. After
being educated at Oxford University, Sherard
became a professional journalist working for a wide variety of different
newspapers and magazines. He was particularly interested in writing
about working conditions and urban poverty. A series of articles in
Pearson's
Magazine,
was eventually published as The
White Slaves of England
(1897).
Sherard was also commissioned by the editor of The
London Magazine
to write several articles on child labour.
These collected articles were published as The
Child Slaves of Britain
in 1905. Robert
Sherard died in 1943.
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