Background
Thomas Attwood was born on October 6, 1783 in Halesowen, Dudley, United Kingdom.
Thomas Attwood was born on October 6, 1783 in Halesowen, Dudley, United Kingdom.
Thomas Attwood attended Halesowen Grammar School (now Earls High School) before being moved to Wolverhampton Grammar School.
He founded the Birmingham Political Union in 1830. This was a political organization campaigning for cities, and large towns such as Birmingham, to be directly represented in Parliament. He died in Malvern, Worcestershire.
A grade II listed statue of Thomas Attwood stood in Larches Green, Sparkbrook, Birmingham between 1974 and 2008, but is now in store.
A 1993 bronze statue sits, having left his plinth, and scattered his bronze pages, on the steps of Chamberlain Square in Birmingham. Attwood is also commemorated at Birmingham City University North Campus (Perry Barr) The "Attwood" Building hosts the courses involving education, such as Primary Education with Qualified Teaching Status, Early Childhood Education Studies and Integrated and Professional Childcare.
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In 1806 Thomas Attwood married Elizabeth Carless.