Charles Hadfield (historian)
Ellis Charles Raymond Hadfield | |
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Born | Pietersburg, South Africa | 5 August 1909
Died | 6 August 1996 | (aged 87)
Occupation | Historian |
Subject | Canals |
Ellis Charles Raymond Hadfield (5 August 1909 – 6 August 1996) was a canal historian and the author of many classic works on the British canal system, mostly published by the firm he co-founded, David & Charles.
Biography
Charles Hadfield was born at Pietersburg, South Africa, where his New Zealand-born father was an Assistant Resident Magistrate; his mother was daughter of a Devon clergyman.
Hadfield parted company with the IWA in 1951, after he, Rolt and others signed a memorandum suggesting that the organisation needed to have a policy of "priorities". This did not sit well with Aickman, who felt that all waterways should be retained and rule changes were introduced to force their exclusion. Hadfield recalled:
...a serious upset occurred in the Association: some original members were expelled and independent canal societies founded. The Association itself chose a protest role as a pressure group which had some success in preventing possible abandonments, but for a time kept it out of a constructive part in decision-making or co-operation with the Commission.[3][page needed]
In 1946 he became the director of publications at the Central Office of Information.[4] He was a founder member of the Railway and Canal Historical Society in 1954 and in 1960 he joined his friend David St John Thomas in setting up the publishing company David & Charles and continued publishing a stream of canal books. This extended to a study of world canals, amassing a rich store of research material now kept at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port.[5]
Between 1963 and 1966 he was a member of the
He married Alice Mary Miller in 1945 who died seven years before him in 1989 and they had two sons (Henry, who died an infant and Alexander who died in 2011) and a daughter (Molly). Hadfield had been appointed CMG in 1954.[8]
Bibliography
Canals
- Hadfield, Charles; Eyre, Frank (1947). English Rivers and Canals (First ed.). Collins. p. 47.
- Hadfield, Charles (1950). Introducing Canals (First ed.).
- Hadfield, Charles (1950). British Canals. An Illustrated History (First ed.). Phoenix House. 2nd edn 1959, (Phoenix House). 3rd edn 1966 (David & Charles), 4th edition 1969, 5th edn 1974, 6th edn 1979, 7th edn 1984 ISBN 0-7153-8568-2
- Hadfield, Charles (1955). The Canals of Southern England (First ed.). Phoenix House.
- Hadfield, Charles (1960). The Canals of South Wales and the Border (First ed.). University of Wales Press. 2nd edn 1967 ISBN 0-7153-4027-1(David & Charles)
- Hadfield, Charles (1966). The Canals of the East Midlands (including part of London) (First ed.). David & Charles. 2nd edn 1970 ISBN 0-7153-4871-X
- Hadfield, Charles (1966). The Canals of the West Midlands (First ed.). David & Charles. 2nd edn 1969, 3rd edn 1985 ISBN 0-7153-8644-1
- Hadfield, Charles (1967). Atmospheric Railways (First ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4107-3.
- Hadfield, Charles (1967). The Canals of South West England (First ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8079-6
- Hadfield, Charles (1968). The Canal Age (First ed.). David & Charles. 2nd edn 1981 ISBN 0-7153-8079-6
- Hadfield, Charles (1969). The Canals of South and South East England (First ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4693-8.
- Hadfield, Charles; Biddle, Gordon (1970). The Canals of North West England Volume 1 (First ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4956-2.
- Hadfield, Charles; Biddle, Gordon (1970). The Canals of North West England Volume 2 (First ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4992-9.
- Hadfield, Charles (1972). The Canals of Yorkshire and North East England Volume 1 (First ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5719-0.
- Hadfield, Charles (1973). The Canals of Yorkshire and North East England Volume 2 (First ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5975-4.
- Hadfield, Charles (1978). Inland Waterways (First ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7502-4.
- Hadfield, Charles; Skempton, A W (1979). William Jessop, engineer (First ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7603-9.
- Hadfield, Charles (1986). World Canals (First ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8555-0.
- Hadfield, Charles (1993). Thomas Telford's Temptation (First ed.). M & M Baldwin. ISBN 0-947712-19-4.
Other works
- The Cotswolds. Batsford, London, 1966. (With Alice Mary Hadfield)
- The Cotswolds: A new study. David & Charles, 1973. (With Alice Mary Hadfield) ISBN 0715362240
- Introducing the Cotswolds. David & Charles, 1976. (With Alice Mary Hadfield) ISBN 071537169X
- Afloat in America: Two enthusiasts explore the United States and Canada by waterway and rail. David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1979. (With Alice Mary Hadfield) ISBN 0715379100
See also
References
- ^ Burton, Anthony (8 August 1996). "Obituary, Charles Hadfield". London: Independent. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ Squires 2008.
- ^ Charles Hadfield, quoted in Squires 2008.
- ^ Mackersey, Ian (1985). Tom Rolt and the Cressy years. M & M Baldwin.
- ^ "The Waterways Archives at Ellesmere Port". Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ "The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) History: People E to K". IWA History. Inland Waterways Association. Archived from the original on 22 December 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2006.
- ^ "Charles Hadfield". IWA. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ Burton, Anthony (8 August 1996). "Obituary, Charles Hadfield". London: Independent. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
Bibliography
- Squires, Roger (2008), Britain's Restored Canals (2nd ed.), Landmark, ISBN 978-1-84306-331-5.
Further reading
- Boughey, Joseph (1998). Charles Hadfield: Canal Man and More. Stroud: Alan Sutton, with The Inland Waterways Association. ISBN 0-7509-1052-6.
- Ridler, Anne, "Charles Hadfield", The Charles Williams Society Newsletter, No. 82. Autumn 1996, pp. 3–6.