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• Criminals of the Victorian Era

  Ameila Dyer is undeniably one of Victorian England’s most notorious killers, probably second only to Jack the Ripper. As a criminal, her crime was murder, but the worst part is, her victims were babies. Called the “Angel Maker”, she is thought to have killed around 400 babies in a thirty-year span, in which she was able to conduct her crimes with apparent impunity. She began her criminal career in Bristol in the late 1860s, by opening a house of confinement where she took in unmarried and p...

• Victorian brilliance: revolutionising the British Empire in the industrial age

  Victorian brilliance: revolutionising the British Empire in the industrial age The British Empire, under the reign of Queen Victoria between 1837 and 1901, was an important colonial power. It was also marked with many changes, such as a growth of the British population and the beginning of the industrial revolution, creating new economic, social and political issues. British industrialisation began in the XVIII's. It participated in creating many jobs in the factories, whose numbers wer...