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Who first used the term Industrial Revolution in English, in lectures on the reign of George III?

AEric Hobsbawm
BArnold Toynbee
CFriedrich Engels
DGeorges Michelet
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Arnold Toynbee
1. Michelet and Engels used it in French and German. 2. Arnold Toynbee used it in English for 1760-1820. 3. His lectures were published in 1884. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 9, The Industrial Revolution._
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