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Enlightenment Derby - A Guided Walk
Thu 20 Jul 2017
Riverside Chambers
About the Event
Walk in the footsteps of radical polymath and political firebrand John Thelwall, who stayed in Derby during 1797. Discover more about the free-thinking ‘Derby Philosophers’ who made him welcome.
Walk in the footsteps of radical polymath and political firebrand John Thelwall, who stayed in Derby during 1797. Discover more about the free-thinking ‘Derby Philosophers’ who made him welcome.
This gentle walk starts and ends at the library, with the opportunity to view original documents from the collection.






