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- Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley (29 September 1851 – 28 May 1920) was an Anglican priest, poet, local politician and conservationist. He became nationally and internationally known as one of the three founders of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty in the 1890s. Rawnsley was descended from a line of Church of England vicars, and after briefly considering medicine as a career he graduated from Oxford and took holy orders. In the mid-1870s he worked with the urban poor in London and Bristol, before being appointed in 1877 to a rural parish in Westmorland in the English Lake District. He soon became a vigorous activist in the campaign to preserve the region from excessive industrial development. In 1883 Rawnsley was appointed Vicar of Crosthwaite, Cumberland, in the north of the Lake District. He remained in the post for 34 years, becoming known locally and nationally for his energetic efforts to improve life for working people. He and his wife founded the Keswick School of Industrial Art, and he led campaigns to make access to the countryside available for everyone. Concluding that protests and legislation were not enough to protect the environment, he joined Robert Hunter and Octavia Hill in 1893 to found the National Trust to own land on the public's behalf. It grew to become one of Britain's largest and most important landowners, holding land and buildings in trust for the people of Britain. Rawnsley was a prolific writer, publishing more than 40 books, including verse, sermons, historical studies, travel accounts and biographies. He retired in 1917 and moved to the village of Grasmere, in the southern Lake District, where he died in 1920, aged 68. (en)
- Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley (29 septembre 1851 - 28 mai 1920) est un prêtre anglican, poète, homme politique local et écologiste. Il est connu à l'échelle nationale et internationale comme l'un des trois fondateurs du National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty dans les années 1890. Rawnsley descend d'une lignée de vicaires de l'Église d'Angleterre, et après avoir brièvement envisagé la médecine comme une carrière, il est diplômé d'Oxford et prend les ordres sacrés. Au milieu des années 1870, il travaille avec les pauvres des villes de Londres et de Bristol, avant d'être nommé en 1877 dans une paroisse rurale de Westmorland, dans le Lake District anglais. Il devient rapidement un militant vigoureux dans la campagne visant à préserver la région d'un développement industriel excessif. En 1883, Rawnsley est nommé vicaire de Crosthwaite, Cumberland, dans le nord du Lake District. Il reste en poste pendant 34 ans, se faisant connaître localement et nationalement pour ses efforts énergiques pour améliorer la vie des travailleurs. Lui et sa femme fondent la Keswick School of Industrial Art, et il mène des campagnes pour rendre l'accès à la campagne accessible à tous. Concluant que les protestations et la législation ne suffisent pas à protéger l'environnement, il rejoint (en) et Octavia Hill en 1893 pour fonder le National Trust afin de posséder des terres au nom du public. Il est l'un des plus grands et des plus importants propriétaires fonciers de Grande-Bretagne, détenant des terres et des bâtiments en fiducie pour le peuple britannique. Rawnsley est un écrivain prolifique, publiant plus de 40 livres, dont des vers, des sermons, des études historiques, des récits de voyage et des biographies. Il prend sa retraite en 1917 et s'installe dans le village de Grasmere, dans le sud du Lake District, où il meurt en 1920, à l'âge de 68 ans. (fr)
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- Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley (29 September 1851 – 28 May 1920) was an Anglican priest, poet, local politician and conservationist. He became nationally and internationally known as one of the three founders of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty in the 1890s. Rawnsley was a prolific writer, publishing more than 40 books, including verse, sermons, historical studies, travel accounts and biographies. He retired in 1917 and moved to the village of Grasmere, in the southern Lake District, where he died in 1920, aged 68. (en)
- Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley (29 septembre 1851 - 28 mai 1920) est un prêtre anglican, poète, homme politique local et écologiste. Il est connu à l'échelle nationale et internationale comme l'un des trois fondateurs du National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty dans les années 1890. (fr)
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