Edward Edwards, 1812-1886 Portrait of a Librarian

• Main Author: Munford, William Arthur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: LONDON THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 1963
• Subjects: Edwards, Edward, 1812-1886
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• Physical Description: 240 pages plan, plates, portraits 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index

Edward Edwards had been called the pioneer of Public Libraries and it is to him more than to any other man that we owe the municipal library in the form in which it has developed in this country since the first Public Libraries Act received the Royal Assent in Aust, 1850. This account of Edwards' life and career in London, Manchester, Oxford and the Isle of Wight is based mostly on his unpublished diaries, correspondence and miscellaneous papers. Read less