For the public good: Henry Cole, his circle and the development of the South Kensington estate

Cooper, Ann (1993). For the public good: Henry Cole, his circle and the development of the South Kensington estate. PhD thesis The Open University.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.00010182

Abstract

The career of Henry Cole, a distinguished Victorian civil servant, is traced from 1823 to 1873. The utilitarian programme which he followed and the circle of friends, colleagues and acquaintances with whom he worked are explored through scrutiny of the major events and institutions with which he became involved. As a young man Cole became a minor member of the group of young radicals centred on John Stuart Mill. Cole held to his utilitarian ideals throughout his long career during which he initiated the reform of the Record Commission, made significant contributions to the success of the Great Exhibition, engineered the restructuring of the Schools of Design and the expansion of the Department of Science and Art, promoted the exhibitions of 1862 and 1871-4 and was the man chiefly responsible for the creation of the museums area of South Kensington.

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