| 词条 | Alfred Edmonds |
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Alfred M. Edmonds (1821 to November 23, 1893) was a Canadian artist, draughtsman and cartographer. BirthEdmonds was born in 1821 at Bishopstone, Berkshire, England.[1] Professional careerHe was listed as a school teacher in Burnstown, Ontario in 1863.[2] He was also listed as a draughtsman in the same year.[3] In 1872 he produced a sketchbook for the Haycock Iron Mine of Cantley, Quebec.[4] From 1881 until his death, he was a cartographer for the Canadian Pacific Railway and then the Canada Department of Railways and Canals. In 1884, he is recorded as an assistant to Sir Sandford Fleming[5] HonorsEdmonds was awarded a prize in the category Pencil Drawings at the Upper Canada Provincial Exhibition of 1863.[6] He received a commission from the Governor General of Canada, Sir Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marquess of Dufferin, in 1873.[7] DeathEdmonds died of natural causes[8] in Ottawa on November 23, 1893 and is buried in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181511/http://www.beechwoodcemetery.com/index.php/en.html Beechwood, the National Cemetery of Canada]. The death occurred in the Ottawa Protestant Hospital. Edmonds was a jail inmate at the time.[9]When arrested, Edmonds was referred to as "a pale, delicate-looking man, who it is thought was insane."[10]A coroner's inquest concluded, "We wish ... to express our disapproval in the detention in jail of such a case ... which was one for a charitable institution."[11] References1. ^Register of Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, 1873 to 1990 2. ^Art in the Backwoods, Ottawa Citizen, November 7, 1865. 3. ^Harper, J. Russell. (1970). Early Painters and Engravers in Canada. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. 4. ^Artist's file: A. M. Edmonds. Library and Archives Canada, 1989 and 1991. 5. ^Starks Pocket Almanac, 1884, p. 237. 6. ^Harper, J. Russell. (1970). Early Painters and Engravers in Canada. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press. 7. ^Artist. Ottawa Citizen, December 27, 1873. 8. ^Ontario deaths, 1839 to 1938. 9. ^Register of Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, 1873 to 1990 10. ^The Ottawa Journal, Feb. 28, 1893, page 1 11. ^The Ottawa Journal, November 25, 1893, page 4 External links
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