Henry Mayhew
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Henry Mayhew
Henry Mayhewwas an English social researcher, journalist, playwright and advocate of reform. He was one of the co-founders of the satirical and humorous magazine Punch in 1841, and was the magazine's joint-editor, with Mark Lemon, in its early days. He is also known for his work as a social researcher, publishing an extensive series of newspaper articles in the Morning Chronicle that was later compiled into the book series London Labour and the London Poor, a groundbreaking and influential survey...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth25 November 1812
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The attainment of the truth, then, will be my primary aim; but by the truth. I wish it to be understood, I mean something more than the bare facts.
We then journeyed on to London Street, down which the tidal ditch continues its course.
The city of London, within the walls, occupies a space of only 370 acres, and is but the hundred and fortieth part of the extent covered by the whole metropolis
Advice to persons about to marry - don't
The deductive method is the mode of using knowledge, and the inductive method the mode of acquiring it.