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W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone
1809–1898
A towering figure of Victorian politics, he served as Britain’s prime minister four times and spent decades at the center of public life. Remembered for his fierce moral seriousness and gift for debate, he helped shape major reforms at home while wrestling with the great questions of empire, finance, and Ireland.
6 Audiobooks
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 3 of 3 I. Agorè: Polities of the Homeric Age. II. Ilios: Trojans and Greeks Compared. III. Thalassa: The Outer Geography. IV. Aoidos: Some Points of the Poetry of Homer.
by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 I. Prolegomena II. Achæis; or, the Ethnology of the Greek Races
by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone
The Speeches (In Full) of the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and William O'Brien, M.P., on Home Rule, Delivered in Parliament, Feb. 16 and 17, 1888.
by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone, William O'Brien
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 2 of 3 Olympus; or, the Religion of the Homeric Age
by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone
Chapter of Autobiography
by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone
On Books and the Housing of Them
by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone
About the author
Born in Liverpool on December 29, 1809, William Ewart Gladstone began his political career as a Conservative but gradually moved toward liberal reform. He entered Parliament in 1833 and went on to hold several major offices, including Chancellor of the Exchequer, before becoming one of the defining statesmen of the 19th century.
Gladstone served four times as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in 1868–74, 1880–85, 1886, and 1892–94. He became known for his energy, powerful speaking style, and deep sense that politics should answer to moral principle. His governments were associated with wide-ranging reform, especially in finance, government, and Irish policy.
He was also one of the great rivals of Benjamin Disraeli, and their clashes came to symbolize an age of high-stakes parliamentary politics. Gladstone died on May 19, 1898, at Hawarden in Wales, after a public career that lasted more than sixty years.