Edward Reginald Taylor
| Edward Reginald Taylor | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1873 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1932 | ||||||||||
| Residence |
Medomsley, Sidcup, Kent [A63] Norfolk House, Norfolk street, Strand, WC2 [1917] Medomsley, Sidcup [1931] | ||||||||||
| Occupation | legal | ||||||||||
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1917.11.12 proposed by A.W. Oke, seconded by H.H. Howorth
death noted in Report of the Council 1931-1932
Notes From Elsewhere
EDWARD REGINALD TAYLOR, of Medomsley, Sidcup, died on May 14, 1932, after a short illness. He was born at Birstall, Yorkshire in 1873. He read for the Law, passed the final Law examination, with second-class honours in 1900, and commenced practice as a solicitor. He was elected a member of the Alpine Club in 1908, his qualifications for membership showing that he had climbed extensively at Zermatt, in the Engadine, among the Dolomites,
in Tyrol, Chamonix and Arolla. His sister always accompanied him as a climbing companion and he made no ascents without her. After the war years he confined his Alpine activities chiefly to long walks and passes, visiting latterly during his holidays the less frequented European countries, such as Czechoslovakia, Dalmatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was especially interested in the condition of the people who had suffered in the reshaping of the political boundaries of post-war Europe. Although he had not achieved anything spectacular in Alpine ascents, he was an exceedingly keen and true lover of the mountains. He visited Switzerland over thirty times and possessed a very thorough general acquaintance with the different districts. He was a regular attendant at the Club gatherings and a most interesting companion. Of a retiring nature, but few of those who met him at the Club realised the extent and variety of his other activities. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and on the Council of that Society in 1930-31. He was also Hon. Secretary of the British Archaeological
Association since 1924, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He had also held the posts of Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer and was five times President of the Sidcup Literary and Scientific Society. He was also on the Council of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Institute, and a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society.
He had held for many years the post of Hon. Solicitor to the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club. Lecturing was one form of social service to which he devoted much of his time, and he was on the staff of voluntary lecturers for the Social and Political League, the Selbourne Society and other organisations. He would give some twenty lectures each winter, both in districts such as Limehouse and Whitechapel, as well as to small country societies in remote villages. One of his last lectures was given in Maidstone Prison, where he said he had never had a keener or better audience. His activities were very varied and whatever he undertook he carried through with a zest and enthusiasm which was always a great stimulus to his fellow workers.