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Sir Rowland Hill ( December 3 , 1795 - August 27 , 1879 ) was a British teacher, pamphleteer and creator for Penny Postage , and subsequently a government postal official. He is usually credited in the UK with originating the basic concepts of modern postal service. He was born at Kidderminster in Worcestershire and for a time he was a teacher. He proposed his idea at a government inquiry on February 13 , 1837. Hill published his most famous pamphlet ''Post Office Reform: its Importance and Practicability'' in 1837 , when he was 42. He saw the creation of the Penny Black stamp. He became Secretary to the Post Office. Rowland Hill is buried in Highgate Cemetery located in Highgate, London. A memorial bust of Hill is located in the Chapel of Saint Paul, Westminster Abbey . A statue of him a local History Museum at Bruce Castle (where he lived during the 1840´s) including exhibits connected to him. The Rowland Hill Award is named after him. |
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