where did he study?
Silcoates School, Shireland Hall, Warwickshire, and the City of London School.
George Newnes
George Newnes was born in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, and educated at Silcoates School and then at Shireland Hall, Warwickshire, and the City of London School. 
when was school leaving age raised to 16 1 September 1972 what happened to this during the nineteenth century? Compulsory attendance at school ceased to be a matter for local option, with the introduction of the Elementary Education Act 1870 a milestone in the British school education system. what was the necessity for this act just mentioned? It set the framework for schooling of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 in England and Wales. what are the results of this act? There were ongoing political clashes between the vested interests of Church, private schools and the National Education League followers what is the education standard as per this? Compulsory attendance until 13 was exempted if a child over 10 had been certified by the inspector as satisfying the required standard for that board. what happens commercially as a result of this? The founding father of British popular journalism, George Newnes, began his career in publishing in 1881 when he founded "Tit-Bits". where was this founding father born? Matlock Bath, Derbyshire what was his work like? He was an English publisher and editor and a founding father of popular journalism. what was the company he worked for? George Newnes Ltd, a publishing company.
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George Newnes [SEP] Background and education
His father, Thomas Mold Newnes, was a Congregational church minister at the Glenorchy Chapel, Matlock. George Newnes was born in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, and educated at Silcoates School and then at Shireland Hall, Warwickshire, and the City of London School. In 1875, he married Priscilla Hillyard.