Manchester School

American  

noun

1. a school of economists in England in the first half of the 19th century, devoted to free trade and the repeal of the Corn Law, led by Richard Cobden and John Bright.

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Manchester School

Prof Kevin Singh, head of the Manchester School of Architecture, explains modern building techniques mean many of an architect's ideas are possible to construct, though there are limitations.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025

Both men worked for Applied ABC, a contracted provider for the Manchester School District.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

They were known as "the Manchester School" and set out to frighten the horses.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2016

But while that remains the most famous play of the Eccles-born Brighouse, who was a leading light in the celebrated Manchester School of Writers, he was no one-hit wonder.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2010

Both the Peace Society and Mr. Norman Angell are descended politically from the Manchester School, and without the union of the two forces, moral and economic, the School would have effected little.

From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon