Oastler

/ ˈəʊstlə /

noun

1. OastlerRichard17891861MBritishSOCIAL SCIENCE: social reformer Richard. 1789–1861, British social reformer; he campaigned against child labour and helped achieve the ten-hour day (1847)

Example Sentences

Past the Alhambra Theatre and north up a steep hill is the Oastler Shopping Centre, where 59-year-old Stella Georgiou of the Fountains Cafe is busy serving up fried breakfasts and pots of tea for shoppers.

From BBC

Traders at its replacement, the nearby Oastler Centre, urged the likely new owners to respect the company's origins.

From BBC

This narrow little street saw the endless procession of around they roared their support for Oastler and the Ten Hour Bill.

From The Guardian

The 'Pilgrimage to York' was orgaised by Richard Oastler, one of the leading voices in the fight for a ten hour working day for 'thousands of little children' who were 'daily compelled to labour from six o'clock in the morning to seven in the evening'.

From The Guardian

He continued to do research there after he moved to Yale in 1966 to be the Oastler professor of forest ecology.

From New York Times