The tale of deaths of distinguished men during last week-end
was long. Sir Frederic Kenyon and Dr. Albert Mansbridge were both concerned with education, and most valuably, in different ways—Sir Frederic (it is odd to read that he was Gentleman Usher of the Purple Rod of the Order of the British Empire) in increasing human knowledge, through his study of classical, and particularly Biblical, papyri, Dr. Mansbridge in diffusing it, particularly among those sections of society who had too little access to it. To live in history as the founder of the Workers' Educational Association is to win deserved immortality. Kenyon, the son of a Q.C., was at Winchester and New College, Mansbridge, the son of a mechanic, at elementary schools and Battersea Grammar School; it would be hard to say which deserved better of his generation. And then there was H. J. Massingham. He made the countryside, particu- larly the Cotswold country, particularly its rural crafts his pro- vince, and his books brought joy to many townsmen. He contributed " Country Life " to this journal for a time last year.
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