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Mather">William G. Mather</a>. For the American geologist, see <a href="/wiki/William_Williams_Mather" title="William Williams Mather">William Williams Mather</a>. For the English cricketer and British Army officer, see <a href="/wiki/William_Mather_(cricketer)" title="William Mather (cricketer)">William Mather (cricketer)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Mather.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/William_Mather.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="197" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="197" /></a><figcaption>William Mather</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Sir William Mather</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span> (15 July 1838 – 18 September 1920) was a British industrialist and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal party (UK)">Liberal</a> politician who sat in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> between 1885 and 1904. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Mather&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mather was born in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, the son of William Mather and his wife, Amelia (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> Tidswell), and was educated privately. He became chairman of the engineering company of <a href="/wiki/Mather_and_Platt" class="mw-redirect" title="Mather and Platt">Mather and Platt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salford,_Greater_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Salford, Greater Manchester">Salford</a> who owned the Salford Ironworks.<sup id="cite_ref-Debrett_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Debrett-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As an employer he was notable for introducing the eight-hour working day for his workers.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">J.P.</a> </p><p>Mather was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Salford_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Salford South (UK Parliament constituency)">Salford</a> in 1885, before being removed at the <a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886 election</a>. In 1889 he was elected as MP for <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Gorton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)">Gorton</a> in a <a href="/wiki/1889_Gorton_by-election" title="1889 Gorton by-election">by-election</a>, a position he held until his defeat at the <a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">1895 general election</a>. He returned to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> in February 1900 when he won a <a href="/wiki/1900_Rossendale_by-election" title="1900 Rossendale by-election">by-election</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Rossendale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rossendale (UK Parliament constituency)">Rossendale division</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he remained until his <a href="/wiki/Resignation_from_the_British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="Resignation from the British House of Commons">resignation</a> in 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-craig1885-1918_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-1918-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apart from his parliamentary and commercial activities, Mather had an interest in the promotion of education, including pioneering the idea of standardised testing. He utilised the results of academic testing in the development of Apprenticeship schemes, at <a href="/wiki/British_Westinghouse" title="British Westinghouse">British Westinghouse</a>. It resulted in a selection programme based on tested intelligence.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was on the council of <a href="/wiki/Owen%27s_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Owen's College">Owen's College</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester University">Manchester University</a>, and was chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Fr%C3%B6bel" title="Friedrich Fröbel">Froebel Educational Institute</a>. He was also in charge of the British education section of the <a href="/wiki/Franco-British_Exhibition_(1908)" class="mw-redirect" title="Franco-British Exhibition (1908)">Franco-British Exhibition of 1908</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1902 he was <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1902_Coronation_Honours" title="1902 Coronation Honours">1902 Coronation Honours</a> for his help reorganising the <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving the accolade from King <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">Edward VII</a> at <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a> on 24 October that year.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was made a member of the <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">Privy Council</a> in 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1915 Mather attended the third <i>Conference of the New Ideals in Education</i> in Stratford where a group including <a href="/wiki/Belle_Rennie" title="Belle Rennie">Belle Rennie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Percy_Nunn" title="Percy Nunn">Percy Nunn</a> and Mather agreed that a new teacher training facility was required. This would lead to the <i>Gipsy Hill College</i> in South London<sup id="cite_ref-belle_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-belle-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which in time became a key part of <a href="/wiki/Kingston_University" title="Kingston University">Kingston University</a>. </p><p>Mather married Emma Watson, daughter of Thomas Watson of Highbury, in 1863 and they had five children.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mather is buried in the churchyard of <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary_the_Virgin,_Prestwich" title="Church of St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich">St Mary's Church, Prestwich</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Mather&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Baddeley" title="John F. 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