Alfred Edmonds
Canadian artist, draughtsman and cartographer (1821–1893)
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Alfred M. Edmonds (1821 – November 23, 1893) was a Canadian artist, draughtsman and cartographer.
Birth
Edmonds was born in 1821 at Bishopstone, Berkshire, England.[1]
Professional career
He was listed as a school teacher in Burnstown, Ontario, in 1863.[2] He was also listed as a draughtsman in the same year.[3] In 1872 he produced a sketchbook for the Haycock Iron Mine of Cantley, Quebec.[4] From 1881 until his death, he was a cartographer for the Canadian Pacific Railway and then the Canada Department of Railways and Canals. In 1884, he is recorded as an assistant to Sir Sandford Fleming[5]
Honors
Edmonds was awarded a prize in the category Pencil Drawings at the Upper Canada Provincial Exhibition of 1863.[6] He received a commission from the Governor General of Canada, Sir Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marquess of Dufferin, in 1873.[7]
Death
Edmonds died of natural causes[8] in Ottawa on November 23, 1893, and is buried in Beechwood, the National Cemetery of Canada. The death occurred in the Ottawa Protestant Hospital. Edmonds was a jail inmate at the time.[9] When arrested, Edmonds was referred to as "a pale, delicate-looking man, who it is thought was insane."[10] A coroner's inquest concluded, "We wish ... to express our disapproval in the detention in jail of such a case ... which was one for a charitable institution."[11]
