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[fenderlove]

I had a rather off night last night what with realizing that I have completely misplaced a fanfic file... Still can't find it nor any of my notes on paper about it... and, apparently, I never saved any of my research links, and now that I've gone looking for them again, I can't find any of them. Christ on an effin' bike.

So, Victorian-lovin' friends of mine, does anyone know of any material about common occupations for middle class/upper middle class Victorians in London (or any of Middlesex's surrounding counties) between 1800-1880? Yes, most upwardly mobile Victorians didn't want to do any kind of labour, but some did. I'm specifically looking for educators (of the fancier public variety for younger children and college-level professors-- their credentials, their own educational background, social standing, etc.) and bankers. The only resources I have at my deposal at the moment are Tom Brown's School Days and Mary Poppins, and I've exhausted VictorianLondon.org and Victoriana.com.

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[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

You might be amused to note that the first Headmaster of City of London School was a Mr Giles.
Hee! XD

Lecturers at Oxford at the period were known as Dons (still are, actually) and were required to be clergymen and celibate. It wasn't until late in the Victorian period that any College permitted married dons.
That is very good to know. :D

one of the day schools (St Paul's, KCS or CLS for example) then secure a post at one of the London Colleges
I did write him at one point at KCS, so I feel better about my research skills on that one.

Yes, I over-think this stuff way too much. *g*
Don't worry, so do I. I've started posting my epic still-in-progress BtVS/Ats timeline (http://fenderlove.livejournal.com/387974.html), including my own not-quite-the-best-researched fanon material.

I'm getting my M.A. in history, and while I would love to do the Victorian Era as my first area of study, I am engaged to the French Revolution... but I keep being drawn back to 19th century London, particularly. It's endlessly fascinating.

[gillo]

I've been very tempted by a cross-disciplinary MA in Victorian Studies, though my first love is literature. However, I did History until the year before my final year at university and have read hugely in that period since - it's one of my favourites, though I can well understand the draw of the French Revolution. In my last year at school I did a research project on St-Just. Fascinating and repellent young man. I wonder of Angelus vamped him? I feel sure he and Darla were in Paris during the Terror, don't you?

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

I can imagine that Angelus probably would have vamped him! Nothing like adding "the Angel of Death" to the family! Darla and Angelus would have loved the Terror. All that blood in the streets, the chaos, sticking it to the real Aristocrats...

The Tales of the Slayers comic actually did have an English vampire named St. Just (http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Saint_Just) rather than Saint-Just. XD