Passmore Edwards - Falmouth Library Traditional Cache
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Passmore Edwards - Falmouth Library
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John Passmore Edwards – 1823 – 1911
This series of caches has been sited to celebrate the centenary of the death of this great Cornish philanthropist on 22nd April 2011, at the request of friend Dean Evans who has done so much to keep the memory of this great Cornishman alive.
This can be a busy place so stealth required.
John Passmore Edwards was born in Blackwater, Cornwall, in 1823 and from this humble home in the little Cornish village he became a City journalist, MP for Salisbury, Editor of a leading London newspaper, life-long champion of the working classes and is remembered as being a Benefactor Extraordinary ( R S Best 1981).
Edwards was also a champion of parliamentary reform, supporter of the Chartist and Temperance movements and involved in campaigns against slavery; he was a notable opponent of Boer War.
In just 14 years over 70 major buildings were established as a direct result of bequests from John Passmore Edwards as well as many other gifts and donations to further their good work. Hospitals, Libraries, Schools, Convalescent Homes and Art galleries were provided, many of which continue to serve the community to which they were given.
The Library was incorporated into a new Municipal Building and an Arts and Science School.
Standing on one side of the market square, the Moor, the building retains its prominent position in the centre of the Town
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