William Marcroft
Born(1822-07-15)15 July 1822
Middleton, Lancashire, England
Died8 September 1894(1894-09-08) (aged 72)
Failsworth, Lancashire, England
MovementCo-operative
Spouse
Jane Smith
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(m. 1844; died 1882)​
Children6

William Marcroft (15 July 1822 – 8 September 1894) was a British co-operator, writer, and advocate for producer co-operatives.[1][2] Marcroft was active in the Oldham Industrial Co-operative Society, the Co-operative Wholesale Society, and the Oldham Building and Manufacturing Company (later renamed to the Sun Mill Company).[3][4]

Publications by Marcroft

References

  1. ^ "Marcroft, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47896. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Saville, John; Tyson, R. E. (1972). "MARCROFT, William (1822–94)". In Bellamy, Joyce M.; Saville, John (eds.). Dictionary of Labour Biography, Volume I. Internet Archive. London: Macmillan. pp. 231–232. ISBN 978-0-333-42757-6.((cite book)): CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ "Sun Mill Archive - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-07-10. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  4. ^ Tyson, R.E. (1979). "William Marcroft (1822–94) and the limited liability movement in Old-ham". Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society (80).
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