first pupils at Queenwood was Henry Fawcett. Edmondson died, after one day's illness, 15 May 1863, and was buried in the burial-ground of the Society of Friends at Southampton. References 1798 births 1863 deaths Schoolteachers from Lancashire 19th-century English educators English expatriates in Russia English Quakers 19th-century Quakers Founders of English schools and colleges 19th-century British philanthropists