What is Joseph Chamberlain?
[[File:Joseph Chamberlain.jpg|thumb|right|Joseph Chamberlain in 1909]] '''Joseph Chamberlain''' ([[8 July]] [[1836]] – [[2 July]] [[1914]]), was an important businessman and a [[politician]]. He worked to [[wikt:improve|improve]] [[education]], and cities. He was a [[Member of Parliament]] from 1876 to 1914, and Colonial Secretary (controlling [[Britain|British]] [[colony|colonies]]) from 1895 to 1903. His son [[Austen Chamberlain|Austen]] won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] and another son [[Neville Chamberlain|Neville]] was [[Prime Minister]] from 1937 to 1940. == Early life == Chamberlain was born in [[Camberwell]] in [[London]]. His father had a successful shoe company. Joseph was a good student, and won prizes at school in [[French language|French]] and [[mathematics]]. He left school when he was 16 years old, and became an [[apprentice]] in his father's company. When he was 18, he moved to [[Birmingham, England|Birmingham]] to work in his uncle's [[screw]] company. He worked for the company until he was 38, and the company became very successful. == Early political life == Chamberlain was a [[Unitarian]], a Christian who believes [[Christ]] was an example of the way to live life, but was not divine (not a part of God). Unitarians try to work to help society. There were many problems in Birmingham after the [[industrial revolution]], and many men were not allowed to [[voting|vote]]. In 1868 Chamberlain helped a [[liberalism|liberal]] man to become the [[Member of Parliament]] for Birmingham. In 1869, he started a group working for free [[primary school|primary education]] for all children. In November 1869, he became a member of Birmingham City [[City council|Council]]. There he worked for cheaper land prices for [[rural]] (countryside) workers, and became very popular. In 1873 he became the [[Mayor]] of Birmingham. He bought the gas companies and water companies for the city, so people were able to have clean and safe water. He made [[park]]s, roads, schools [[museum]]s and built new houses for poor people. I