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Inspirational Sidcotians - Edward Theodore Compton (S:1861-65)

Archive find of the week.... Well done to Enid Smith for unearthing this obituary for Sidcotian and landscape artist Edward Theodore Compton.
6 Apr 2022
Written by Rachele Snowden
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Edward T Compton & The President Secretary at the 1871 gathering
Edward T Compton & The President Secretary at the 1871 gathering

See below the scanned pages from the Sidcot Old Scholars' Association Report 1921. A heartfelt account of his life at Sidcot and beyond, written by Percy Bigland. 

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