Toynbee , Arnold , 1852-1883 , social philosopher and economist

Arnold Toynbee was born in London, 1889; educated locally before studying at Pembroke College and Balliol College, Oxford. Toybnee took his degree in 1878 and began working as a tutor at Balliol soon after; became bursar of the college in 1881 and was about to be appointed a fellow when he died of meningitis in 1883, aged 30. Besides his academic work, Toynbee gave public lectures to working class audiences in industrial towns and was much concerned with social issues. Today he is remembered as a leading Liberal thinker and for establishing the term 'Industrial Revolution' in academic discourse.