John Kyrle
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
an English philanthropist,whom Pope has immortalized under the name of " The Man of Ross," was born at Dymock (County of Gloucester) in 1637. With a small income of 500 he managed to do much good to the population of Hereford County. He encouraged agriculture, opened ways of communication between the different places, and founded asylums for orphans and disabled persons. The passage in which Pope commemorates him is too well known and too long to be quoted here. We will only say that it is substantially based on facts. Kyrle died in 1754. See Warton, Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope; Pope, Epistle II; Fuller, Worthies of England, i, 582.-Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 28:312. (J. N. P.)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Philanthropist, born in Gloucestershire; celebrated by Pope as the "Man of Ross," from the name of the place in Herefordshire where he lived; was distinguished for his benefactions; has given name to a society founded, among other things, for the betterment of the homes of the people (1637-1724).
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