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	Samuel Plimsoll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Plimsoll entered Parliament as Liberal member for Derby in 1868, and endeavoured in vain to pass a bill dealing with the subject.
		Accordingly, on Plimsoll's motion in 1873, a Royal Commission was appointed, and in 1875 a government bill was introduced, which Plimsoll, though regarding it as inadequate, resolved to accept.
		Plimsoll was re-elected for Derby at the general election of 1880 by a great majority, but gave up his seat to William Vernon Harcourt, believing that the latter, as Home Secretary, could advance the sailors' interests more effectively than any private member.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Plimsoll (556 words)

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		PLIMSOLL, SAMUEL (1824-1898), British politician and social reformer, was born at Bristol on the loth of February 1824.
		Plimsoll lost his self-control, applied the term " villains " to members of the house, and shook his fist in the Speaker's face.
		Plimsoll was re-elected for Derby at the general election of 188o by a great majority, butgave up his seat to Sir W. Harcourt, in the belief that the latter, as home secretary, could advance the sailors' interests more effectively than any private member.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=53264 (544 words)

	Plimsoll Club History
		Samuel Plimsoll, M.P. Samuel Plimsoll brought about one of the greatest shipping revolutions ever known by shocking the British nation into making reforms which have saved the lives of countless seamen.
		Plimsoll took up as a crusade the plan of James Hall to require that vessels bear a load line marking indicating when they were overloaded, hence ensuring the safety of crew and cargo.
		When the Plimsoll Club was established in 1967, its founders elected to the name the Club after Samuel Plimsoll to honor his great contribution to international trade and to identify the Club with the Plimsoll Mark, thereby reminding all of his efforts on behalf of seamen everywhere.
	www.plimsoll.com /history.html (587 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| Review \| The line of duty
		Plimsoll was a hearty, hymn-singing Congregationalist, but two of his principal allies in the fight for seamen were the atheist Charles Bradlaugh and the Theosophist Annie Besant, whose most notable work was to be laying the foundations of Indian independence.
		Plimsoll knew that some ship-owners took care of their crews and their ships, and John Burnes, the Cunard boss, was one of them, taking the view that the scoundrels in his trade needed keelhauling.
		Plimsoll's particular bête noire was the Tory MP for Plymouth, Edward Bates, who lost six ships in one year, was thrice investigated for scurvy aboard his vessels, and was eventually expelled from the Commons for bribing the electorate; whereupon Disraeli gave him a baronetcy.
	books.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,,1809012,00.html (973 words)

	Welcome to This Is Folkestone Kent .. people, places, and events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Samuel Plimsoll was born in Bristol in 1824.
		Plimsoll became involved in shipping coal to London and soon became aware of the dangers faced by sailors.
		Plimsoll’s speech also contained the following: “I am determined to unmask the villains who send our seamen to death.” The Speaker intervened at once, expressing the hope that the words uttered were not intended to apply to members of the House.
	www.thisisfolkestone.co.uk /samuelplimsoll.htm (807 words)

	Quid Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Samuel Plimsoll, the social reformer, who fought against overloaded, unseaworthy ships, in which seamen were sent to sea, was a dour, serious man. In 1868, he got himself elected to the British Parliament and presented a private member’s Bill against “coffin ships” as he called them.
		Reginald Plimsoll was born in Montreal in 1886, graduated from McGill in law in 1912, and clerked with none other than the eminent international lawyer and McGill law professor, Eugène Lafleur (who amongst other things was chosen to arbitrate the boundary between the United States and Mexico).
		Plimsoll was therefore the losing candidate for years in Ste Anne riding, always won by the ebullient Frank “Banjo” Hanley, the longtime independent member for the riding and a favorite of Duplessis.
	www.law.mcgill.ca /quid/archive/2004/04102612.html (1653 words)

	Samuel Plimsoll
		In the 1868 General Election, Plimsoll was elected as MP for Derby.
		Ship-owners had powerful supporters in the House of Commons and it was argued by them that the government should not pass legislation that restricted the freedom of employers to run their companies.
		Plimsoll retired from the House of Commons in 1880.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TUplimsoll.htm (520 words)

	McGill News -- Epilogue: McGill's Own Plimsoll
		Samuel Plimsoll, who campaigned against overloaded, unseaworthy ships, was a dour, serious man. In 1868, he was elected to the British Parliament and presented a Bill against "coffin ships" as he called them.
		Plimsoll practised as a junior with Robert Taschereau and Thibodeau Rinfret, who became Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada.
		Plimsoll often telephoned with advice and the conversation was always formal.
	www.mcgill.ca /news/2005/winter/epilogue (910 words)

	Samuel Plimsoll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His efforts were directed especially against what were known as "coffin-ships"--unseaworthy and overloaded vessels, often heavily insured, in which unscrupulous owners were allowed by the law to risk the lives of their crews.
		The country, however, shared his view that the bill had been stifled by the pressure of the shipowners, and popular feeling forced the government to pass a bill, which in the following year was amended into the Merchant Shipping Act, This gave stringent powers of inspection to the Board of Trade.
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	samuel-plimsoll.iqnaut.net (505 words)

	Autograph Letter Signed ("Samuel Plimsoll") to an unidentified correspondent, recommending an article in the ...
		Autograph Letter Signed ("Samuel Plimsoll") to an unidentified correspondent, recommending an article in the 'Nineteenth Century' dealing with "a means of greatly diminishing loss of life and property at Sea".
		Plimsoll was already a committed social reformer when he became aware, in 1867, of the devastating effects of the overloading of cargo ships.
		Plimsoll's campaign in books, articles and finally as a Member of Parliament resulted in the adoption of the Plimsoll Line through the Merchant Shipping Act of 1875, the reference line which determines the limit to which a cargo ship can be loaded.
	www.maggs.com /title/AU4666.asp (267 words)

	Plimsoll Publishing Limited - Japanese industry analyses
		Plimsoll Publishing Limited was born out of the need for busy managers to have the most up to date and accurate financial model available.
		Samuel Plimsoll was famed for forcing amendments to the UK 1871 Merchant Shipping Act, which prevented captains from overloading their ships by including a standard loading line on the side of every vessel.
		A hundred years later, whilst looking for a quick and dependable method of screening companies, the founder of Plimsoll Publishing Limited was inspired by the example of Samuel Plimsoll: what was needed was a highly visual analysis that would demonstrate in a standardized way the commercial and financial state of any company.
	www.plimsoll-japan.com /english/aboutus.htm (314 words)

	Plimsoll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Plimsoll is a surname, and may refer to
		The plimsoll line, or plimsoll mark on as ship's hull, is named after Samuel Plimsoll.
		The plimsoll shoe, which is named for the shoe's horizontal lines, which resemble the Plimsoll line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plimsoll (118 words)

	Cities of Science - South West - Samuel Plimsoll
		Samuel Plimsoll was born in Bristol on February 10th 1824.
		Plimsoll was elected MP for Derby in the 1868 General Election and immediately began campaigning for legislation protecting sailors to be passed.
		Plimsoll stepped down as MP almost as soon as this Act had been passed, but continued to pursue issues affecting sailors until his death in 1898.
	www.citiesofscience.co.uk /go/screen/SouthWest/ContentPlace_2292.html (277 words)

	Plimsoll made his mark - By BUDDY STALL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Samuel Plimsoll was an influential member of the British Parliament.
		Plimsoll served in the Parliament during the second half of the 19th century and was made aware of the long-standing and deadly practice of overloading by James Hall.
		Through Plimsoll’s persistence, especially his work with the press, public opinion landed so heavily on Disraeli that the bill was reintroduced and became law in 1876.
	clarionherald.org /19991014/stall.htm (414 words)

	English school uniform garments -- plimsols
		White plimsolls are sometimes similar, although the rubber toe-cap is more commonly present; indeed, it is sometimes much larger than it ever was on the fl version and is often of ribbed or pimpled rubber.
		Plimsolls are sold in the standard British shoe sizes, which, like their American counterparts though using a different numbering system, come in two ranges, a smaller and a larger.
		In boarding schools, where the plimsolls were intended for gym and other sporting activities and were therefore often referred to as 'gym shoes', they might be put on when sneaking out of the dormitory late at night for some prank or other.
	histclo.com /schun/country/eng/gar/shoe/sugs-plim.html (1976 words)

	Samuel Plimsoll's Merchant Shipping Act (1876) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1850 legislation was passed to create the Marine Department of the Board of Trade: one of its duties was to enforce the laws governing the manning, crew competence and operation of merchant vessels.
		Despite calls for regulation, the British government avoided direct interference with ship operators until 1870 when Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898), a member of Parliament from Derby, headed a campaign to require that vessels bear a load line marking indicating when they were overloaded, hence ensuring the safety of crew and cargo.
		This Plimsoll line is for the starboard side of a vessel; on the port side,the markings are reversed.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/plimsoll.html (325 words)

	Samuel Plimsoll, Rhiw.com
		In 1870, Samuel Plimsoll MP, who was a coal merchant, became interested in the subject.
		When he began to investigate, Plimsoll found the problem was even worse than he had expected.
		Plimsoll was defeted several times in parliament, but he continued in his fight until load lines became compulsory.
	www.rhiw.com /y_mor/plimsoll/plimsoll.htm (576 words)

	About Bristol - Famous People - Samuel Plimsoll
		Samuel Plimsoll was born at 9 Colston Parade, Redcliffe in 1824.
		Plimsoll wrote a book called 'Our Seamen' in 1873 which condemned the shipowners who risked sailors' lives by dangerously overloading their vessels with cargo.
		To mark Samuel Plimsoll's achievement in making ships safer, a bust of him was erected at the side of the river on Hotwell Road.
	www.about-bristol.co.uk /fam-11.asp (125 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Plimsoll Publishing Ltd was borne out of the need for busy managers to have the most up to date, accurate financial model available.
		Samuel Plimsoll was famed for forcing amendments to the UK 1871 Merchant Shipping Act which prevented captains from overloading there ships by including a standard loading line on the side of every vessel.
		Plimsoll Publishing Ltd is now in its 17th year and continues to exceed all expectations.
	www.majorcompanies.co.uk /about.asp (336 words)

	Samuel - FAQ - Encyclopedia Trivia
		The famous diarist Samuel Pepys once kissed a queen of England on his birthday.
		Is it known what Samuel Johnson meant when he said, "Patriotism is the first refuge of a scoundrel"?
		Samuel Johnson, however, was not at all impressed, and he made an accusation.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/faq/Samuel.html (252 words)

	Pepys' Diary: Monday 15 April 1661
		Sorry to dog the subject but, the Plimsole line will register the depth in water of the vessel which in calm conditions will give no indiction of the inherent stability or the tendency to turn turtle.
		Even a ship loaded at dockside down to her “fully laden” Plimsole mark might come to grief when at sea if the cargo shifts due to poor packing in the hold, or even shifts due to rough weather.
		Plimsoll [plimsole] was for ships instituted by Sir Samuel Plimsoll’s Merchant Shipping Act of 1876, up to this time, greed vs common sense ruled.
	www.pepysdiary.com /archive/1661/04/15/index.php (2156 words)

	Bristol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bristol's strong nautical ties meant that maritime safety was an important issue in the city, In the 19th century Samuel Plimsoll, "the sailor's friend", campaigned fearlessly to make the seas safer.
		In literature Bristol is noted as the birth place of Thomas Chatterton, chief poet of the 18th-century Gothic literary revival, England's youngest writer of mature verse, and precursor of the Romantic movement.
		Robert Southey was born in Wine Street, Bristol in 1774, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Southey married the Bristol Fricker sisters; and William Wordsworth spent time in the city where Joseph Cottle first published Lyrical Ballads in 1798.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bristol (4548 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Plimsoll, Samuel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Plimsoll was particularly interested in the welfare of sailors.
		It required that a line be painted on the sides of all British merchant vessels to show the limit of submergence allowed by law.
		This line has come to be known as Plimsoll's mark.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Plimsoll.asp (231 words)

	Canada's own Plimsoll - Montreal's most extraordinary lawyer
		By William Tetley, Q.C. Samuel Plimsoll, the social reformer, who fought against overloaded, unseaworthy ships, in which seamen were sent to sea, was a dour, serious man. In 1868, he got himself elected to the British Parliament and presented a private member`s Bill against “coffin ships” as he called them.
		It is not well known that Montreal had its own Plimsoll – Reginald Plimsoll QC - a grand nephew of Samuel, who was quite unlike his introverted grand uncle.
		Reginald Plimsoll was born in Montreal in 1886, graduated from McGill in law in 1912, and clerked with none other than the eminent international lawyer, Eugène Lafleur (who amongst other things was chosen to arbitrate the boundary between the United States and Mexico).
	www.mcgill.ca /maritimelaw/tetley/plimsoll (1782 words)

	RBR05WEB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Despite calls for regulation, the British government avoided direct interference with ship operators until, in 1870 Samuel Plimsoll, a member of Parliament from the industrial Midlands, demanded creation of a safety limit, a "load line" to limit the weight of cargo loaded aboard ships.
		Plimsoll exposed what he described as "coffin ships" created by overloading, and drafted a bill to improve conditions aboard merchant vessels.
		Since then every merchant ship afloat carries the "signature" of Samuel Plimsoll, a politician from Derby, part of England closer to horse racing and Robin Hood than the sea.
	www.roundbritainrally.co.uk /pres0002.html (148 words)

	Why Plimsoll? - PortCities Southampton
		This mark is called the load line and by law it is fixed on the side of ships to this day.
		It quickly became known as the 'Plimsoll line' in honour of Samuel Plimsoll's work.
		Some of the changes came about after Plimsoll's death in 1888, but his tireless work to protect lives at sea led to his nickname, the "sailor's friend".
	www.plimsoll.org /StartHere/AboutUs/WhyPlimsoll.asp?view=print (302 words)

	Bristol - Hotwells 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As the road curves to the left, on the riverside is where the bust of Samuel Plimsoll is situated.
		Walking alongside the river, at the entrance to the City docks, there is a bust of one of the sailors great benefactors, Samuel Plimsoll.
		Samuel Plimsoll was born in Colston Parade, next to St Mary Redcliffe church, in 1824.
	brisray.com /bristol/bhwell2.htm (582 words)

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