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J. Passmore Edwards
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| Born | 1823 | ||||||||
| Died | 1911 | ||||||||
| Residence | 31 Tavistock St., WC | ||||||||
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John Passmore Edwards (24 March 1823 – 22 April 1911)[1][2] was a British journalist, newspaper owner and philanthropist. The son of a carpenter, he was born in Blackwater, a small village between Redruth and Truro in Cornwall, United Kingdom
An English philanthropist and author, the son of a carpenter. He became a self-made newspaper proprietor and MP, but since he was ideologically a Manchester liberal, he declined offers of a knighthood. He claimed to have been challenged to a duel by Burton over the Du Chaillu affair, but simply ignored the challenge
