its history. Upon reading John Passmore Edward's plaque, the community believe he would smile on and embrace knowing that what he left behind was being used for the enjoyment of like-minded individuals. Passmore Edwards was a leading Freemason, and a founder in 1906 of the Standard Chapter of Improvement, which sought to simplify and unify the incoherent rituals of the Holy Royal Arch degree. He was a teetotaller and vegetarian. Legacy Many of the buildings that he paid for are still in use for their original purpose. A bust of Passmore Edwards by Sir George Frampton was rescued from the basement of Hoxton Library and unveiled in May 2007 at the Passmore Edwards Library in St. Ives, Cornwall. As well as London libraries such as at East Dulwich and Edmonton, he gave the public library buildings in Devon at Newton Abbot and in Cornwall at Bodmin, Camborne, Falmouth, Launceston, Liskeard, Penzance, Redruth, St Ives and Truro. The Passmore Edwards Public Library in Shepherd's Bush, London, is now the home of the Bush Theatre, which moved there in October 2011. The Passmore Edwards Public Library in Borough Road, London, has been refurbished by London South Bank University and houses the university's apprenticeships and a coffee shop. The Epilepsy Society's main administrative office is sited at Passmore Edwards House, a Grade II listed building. Gallery References Bibliography Baynes, Peter John Passmore Edwards 1823-1911: an account of his life and works, P. A. Baynes (1995) Best, R. S. The Life and Good Works of John Passmore Edwards, with pen and ink illustrations by C. M. Pellow and a list of Buildings, sponsored by Edwards, their architects and opening dates, with an appendix on the architect Silvanus Trevail, [(1851–1903), who designed nine of them. Dyllansow Truran (1982) Burrage, E. H. J Passmore Edwards, Philanthropist (1902) Edwards, J. Passmore A Few Footprints (1906) Evans, Dean, "Funding the Ladder: the Passmore Edwards legacy", 2011 (Francis Boutle Publishers, London) Ewing, Heather, The Passmore Edwards Public Libraries in London: A Study in Patronage and the Development of a Typology, unpublished thesis (Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 1998) MacDonald, J. J. Passmore Edwards Institutions, Strand Newspaper Company (1900) External links John Passmore Edwards 1823-1911 His life and Philanthropic works Whitechapel Ghosts from Jewish Quarterly. Passmore Edwards Institute in Hayle, Cornwall - Website - includes portrait (accessed 17 November 2007). , also, search under "Passmore Edwards" 1823 births 1911 deaths