Isherwood Richard Henry

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Biografie:
Isherwood Richard Henry, Lancashire
Richard Isherwood hatte seit 1912 oft in Wales und im Lake District geklettert. Vier Saisonen, von 1921-24 von war er in den Alpen.
Isherwood war im Rotary Club Manchester sehr bekannt. Er war 1923 eingetreten und wurde eines ihrer einflussreichsten Mitglieder und 1930 Präsident.
Er liebte Musik und Kunst, interessierte sich am meisten für Literatur, sowohl für alte als auch für moderne und war sehr stolz auf seine Heimat Lancashire.
Er war stolz auf seine Mitgliedschaft im A. C. und es ist bedauerlich, dass so wenige Aufzeichnungen über seine Kletterei existieren. Er trat 1912 dem Rucksack Club bei, war von 1927 bis 1929 Mitglied seines Komitees und war sowohl vor als auch nach dem Ersten Krieg aktiv, indem er ziemlich viel auf Gritstone und anderswo kletterte.
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 65, 1960, Seite 266-267


RICHARD HENRY ISHERWOOD
R. H. Isherwood died in Manchester on March 10. 1960. He was elected to the Alpine Club in November 1924, after four seasons in the Alps (1921- 24). He had, since 1912, climbed often in Wales and the Lake District.
Isherwood was very well known in the Rotary Club of Manchester; he had joined them in 1923 and became one of their most influential members, serving an their Council and becoming President in 1930.
He was an Essence Distiller by profession, but was an entirely self-made man; at the age of ten he was selling newspapers in Darwen and “went t'mill” at twelve. He and his partner started their business over fifty years ago; by dint of sheer personality, hard work and his innate intellectual abilities, he not only built up a fine business, but became a most widely cultured man. He loved music and art, had a keen and critical appreciation of cricket (he was very proud of his native Lancashire); and took the greatest interest in literature, both old and modern.
During the last two or three years he had been learning Greek, so that he might read the originals in their own language.
He was very proud of his membership of the A. C., and it is unfortunate that so few-records of his climbing exist. He joined the Rucksack Club in 1912, was on its Committee from 1927- 29, and was active with it both before and after the First War, doing quite a lot of climbing on gritstone and elsewhere.
He will be widely missed in his circles in Manchester and to his widow we express our sympathy in her loss.
T. S. BLAKENEY.
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 65, 1960, Seite 266-267


Gestorben am:
10.03.1960