Leonard Horner (1785-1864)

Leonard Horner: geologist and loess enthusiast. Also father of six daughters and inspector of factories who worked hard to improve the conditions in British mills and factories in the nineteenth century. His efforts on behalf of the workers gained him plaudits from Karl Marx in the pages of Das Kapital. Friend (and father-in-law) of Charles Lyell; they shared an interest in loess- Lyell the scholar & Horner the enthusiast. He was the first loess enthusiast. Read about him in the great book by Patrick N.O'Farrell.

"Leonard Horner, einer der Factory inquiry Commissioners von 1833 und Fabrikinspektor, in der Tat Fabrikzensor, bis 1859, hat unsterbliche Verdienste um englische Arbeiterklasses gewonnen" Karl Marx Das Kapital 1867.