Memoir of Jamieson Boyd Hurry / [Warren R. Dawson].

  • Warren Royal Dawson
Date:
1930
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Credit: Memoir of Jamieson Boyd Hurry / [Warren R. Dawson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    most of these occasions plans, ideas, and details of pro¬ duction were fully discussed with the writer. In this, as in all his books. Hurry spared neither time nor expense in ensuring that the ultimate publication should be both intellectually and physically as near his ideal as he could make it. He was insistent that the Architecture of a book, as he termed it, was quite as important as its subject-matter, and he paid most careful attention to the classification of the chapters and paragraphs, to the placing of the illustrations, to their material production, and to the index. He did not shrink from trouble or expense in carrying out these ideals. Since Hurry’s death the writer has seen his private notes and papers, as well as his correspondence in connexion with Imho¬ tep : these convey an idea of the painstaking and meti¬ culous care that he lavished upon the publication of a book. Of him it may be truly said Omne quod tetigit, ornavit. Of Hurry’s domestic life none but a member of his family is entitled to speak: it was, indeed, singularly happy. He married in 1892 Gertrude Louisa, daughter of the late Arthur Hill, J.P., of Erleigh Court, Reading, a niece of Miss Octavia Hill, whose name goes down in history as one of the greatest philanthropists and sociologists of her age. In 1926, both Hurry and his wife being in impaired health, he gave up his home in Reading and removed to Bournemouth. Even in his last years, in spite of suffering and great physical dis¬ ability, he was always cheery and optimistic in disposi¬ tion: his smile and genial manner never forsook him to the last. He had boundless stores of encouragement and helpfulness for all who came to him, and his never- failing courtesy was justly appreciated by all he met. If
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