Peter Edwards (vexillologist)
{{Short description|Canadian vexillologist (1931–2019)}}
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| name = Peter Edwards
| honorific_suffix = CD, CStJ, FRHSC
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|03|19}}
| birth_place = Great Crosby, UK
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|07|25|1931|03|19}}
| death_place = Toronto, Canada
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| alma_mater = York University
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| organization = Burgee Data Archive
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Peter Brian Edwards CD, CStJ, FRHSC (March 19, 1931 – July 25, 2019) was a vexillologist and scholar of flags. He established the Canadian Flag Institute on October 31, 1978.{{cite web|title=In Memory of Peter Edwards (1931-2019)|url=https://fotw.info/flags/xm-pbe.html|website=Flags Of The World|access-date=2019-10-30|archive-date=2019-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029224312/https://fotw.info/flags/xm-pbe.html|url-status=live}}
Life
Interested in vexillology, he was a Member of the North American Vexillological Association and on October 31, 1978, he established the Canadian Flag Institute, renamed Burgee Data Archive (BDA) August 31, 1993. Peter was diligent in researching the often-neglected field of maritime flags and became the world's top reference in the study of burgees. The Burgee Data Archive published “The Private Signal”, a periodical vexillological journal, and was accepted as a member of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations in 1997.{{cite web|title=Burgee Data Archives (BDA)|url=https://fotw.info/flags/vex-bda.html|website=FOTW|access-date=2019-10-30|archive-date=2019-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029223754/https://fotw.info/flags/vex-bda.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=EDWARDS, Peter Brian, CD, CStJ, FRHSC|url=http://heraldry.ca/armoury/members_armorial_entry.php?LTR=e&PRV=1485&CURR=1487&NXT=1488&IDX=6|website=Royal Heraldry Society of Canada|access-date=2019-10-30|archive-date=2020-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914201536/http://heraldry.ca/armoury/members_armorial_entry.php?LTR=e&PRV=1485&CURR=1487&NXT=1488&IDX=6|url-status=live}}
He was the fourteenth president of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada, from 1988 until 1990.
Peter Edwards deposited his and the BDA's collection and library at the Naval Marine Archive in Picton, Ontario before his death in 2019.
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