Robert Raikes (1725-1811) was an English philanthropist. Born in Gloucester, he inherited a publishing business from his father, becoming proprietor of the Gloucester Journal in 1757. He used the proceeds, among other things, to set up the first Sunday school in England.
RobertRaikes ("the Younger") (14 September 1736 – 5 April 1811) was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman, noted for his promotion of Sunday schools.
Raikes was born at Gloucester in 1736, the eldest child of Mary Drew and RobertRaikes, a newspaper publisher.
Raikes had been involved with those incarcerated at the county Poor Law (part of the jail at that time) and saw that vice would be better prevented than cured.
RobertRaikes was the son of the owner and subsequently owner himself of the Gloucester Journal, and was concerned with prison reform.
Raikes used the paper to advertise the concept in an article of 1783, and the idea gathered strength.
A statue of Raikes was erected on the Victoria Embankment, London in 1880, sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock, R.A., to celebrate the centenary of the Sunday School movement.
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