Talk:Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in China

There was also a Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in China founded in 1834. Does anyone know if it was connected to this one? Philg88 ^♦talk 05:30, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Some comments

"... published inexpensive texts ...", "SDUK publications were intended for the working class and the middle class". It aimed too high. Its publications were high quality, and unless they were subsidised, the working class could not afford them. I assume it is the subsidies that drew the ire of the Literary Gazette, quoted in the article.

"The Society eventually wound up in 1848, though some of its works apparently continued to be published." Atlases with the SDUK name were published by Letts, in 1873 and in 1876.^[1] Maproom (talk) 08:17, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Family Atlas. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge ... published by Letts, in London 1876". maproom.org.

Dating and founders

Have replaced erroneous dating of society with correct 1820s date; and removed references to Fitzpatrick and Petit as I find no sources for them in Googlebooks or elsewhere, except online derivatives of Wikipedia. However, if someone can provide an independent source for them as 1826 co-founders, that would be a useful supplement to Brougham's role. Jacobisq (talk) 09:19, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, Patrick Vincent Fitzpatrick's Thaumaturgus (1828) is written in support of the SPUK: Thaumaturgus Jacobisq (talk) 09:24, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Opposition

I have read the citation supporting the paragraph starting "The Society was not without opposition ...", and strongly suspect that the article cited was intended as a joke. Any other opinions? If not, I'll delete the paragraph. Maproom (talk) 17:23, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well your suspicions would be completely wrong. The article attempts comedy, but its thrust was completely serious. You are perhaps being a bit naive here. Johnbod (talk) 18:02, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Family Atlas. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge ... published by Letts, in London 1876". maproom.org.

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