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father in 1757 he succeeded him in the business, which he continued to conduct till 1802. Along with some others he started a Sunday school at Gloucester in 178o, and on his giving publicity to the enterprise in the columns of his journal the See also:

NOTICE

notice was copied into the See also:

LONDON

London papers and awakened considerable See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention. For nearly See also:

THIRTY

thirty years he continued actively engaged in the promotion of his undertaking, and he lived to See also:

witness its wide See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension throughout See also:

England. He died on the 5th of See also:

APRIL

April 1811. His statue stands on the See also:

THAMES

Thames See also:

EMBANKMENT

Embankment. Among various accounts of the See also:

LIFE

life and See also:

WORK

work of Raikes mention may be made of that by P. M. Eastman, 1880.

End of Article: RAIKES, ROBERT (1735–18,x)

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