Author : Florence Ada Keynes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781108002332
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)
Book Synopsis By-Ways of Cambridge History by : Florence Ada Keynes
Download or read book By-Ways of Cambridge History written by Florence Ada Keynes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an early student at Newnham College and subsequently as the wife of John Neville Keynes, Florence Ada Keynes (née Brown), (1861-1958) spent her entire adult life living in Cambridge. A prominent public figure, active in charity work and public service, she became the first female councillor of the city and served as its Mayor in 1932. This charming little book was published when she was 86 years old. It displays her wide knowledge and love of the city of Cambridge, with engaging essays on Barnwell Priory, the history of the old Market Cross and Conduit and of town planning and social housing in Cambridge. Keynes tells of famous personalities from the city's past, such as the seventeenth-century philosopher Damaris Cudworth and the composer Orlando Gibbons, and recounts more personal memories of the changes her generation lived through, making this a valuable record of her own life.