Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Edward Edwards
Standard Name: Edwards, Edward
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March 1849: The Select Committee on Public Libraries...
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March 1849
The Select Committee on Public Libraries
was appointed; William Ewart
, chair, worked closely with Edward Edwards
to write the report that became the basis for the Public Libraries Bill of February 1850.
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
68, 71, 74-5
Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.