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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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...

Table of Contents:

• The early years 1812-1838
• The British Museum years 1839-1859
• The Ishmaelite years 1859-1870
• The Oxford years 1870-1883
• The Isle of Wight years 1883-1886.