Rowland Hill Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Rowland Hill, based on 2 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

2 records1839–18402 events2 places

Chronological biography

1839

Postal Reform1839

Science / Communications · Reformer · Birmingham

His postal reform ideas draw on experience as a Birmingham educator and campaigner.

1840

Invention of Stamp10 January 1840

Media / Media · London

Intoduces the Penny Post to Britain

Titles and roles

Reformer

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.