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THE announcement of a new book, “A Nation's Heritage,” by HARDWICKE DRUMMOND RAWNSLEY, sadly coincides with the record of its author's death. Born on September 28, 1851, the distinguished canon died on May 28, to the last pursuing the self-imposed task of persuading his fellow-countrymen to take care of their own treasures. His mother was a niece of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer. In education Canon Rawnsley had the good fortune to be at Upping-ham under Edward Thring, and at Balliol under Benjamin Jowett, with fellow-undergraduates who in various ways became men of light and leading. As a poet and preacher, and in general a quickener of life and energy wherever demands were made upon his active genius, he met with well-deserved appreciation. As the obituary notice in the Times observes, “perhaps his chief work was the founding of the National Trust for the Preservation of Places of Historic Interest and Natural Beauty.” For the qualifying word “perhaps” it would be better to substitute the word “undoubtedly.” Men like Canon Rawnsley, by setting a courageous example, often accomplish much more than their immediate object.
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[Obituaries]. Nature 105, 430–431 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105430b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/105430b0