Sir Rowland Hill

Educator, inventor, and postal reformer, the originator of penny postage, born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, WC England, UK. He became a teacher, and helped to found the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1826). He invented a rotary printing press (1833). In his Post-office Reform: its Importance and Practicability (1837), he advocated a low and uniform rate of postage, to be prepaid by adhesive stamps, and in 1840 a uniform penny rate was introduced. He became secretary to the Post Office (1854), and was knighted in 1860.

Rowland Hill may refer to:

Sir Rowland Hill (MP), English Member of Parliament for the City of London 1553 Sir Rowland Hill (postal reformer) (1795-1879), British; administrator Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772-1842), British soldier Rowland Hill (preacher) (1744-1833), British religious leader Rowland Hill (artist) (1915-1979), British Northern Irish painter

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