Ashbee, Henry Spencer [pseud. Pisanus Fraxi] (1834–1900), book collector and bibliographer, was born on 21 April 1834 at 24 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London, the only child of Robert Ashbee (1804–1867), manager of the Curtis and Harvey gunpowder mills, and his wife, Frances Elizabeth, ...
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Ashbee, Henry Spencer [pseud. Pisanus Fraxi] (1834–1900), book collector and bibliographer
David Chambers
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Atkinson, James (1759–1839), surgeon and bibliographer
H. R. Tedder
revised by Michael Bevan
Atkinson, James (1759–1839), surgeon and bibliographer, the son of a medical practitioner and friend of Laurence Sterne, received his medical education as a pupil of Henry Cline of St Thomas's Hospital, London, and attended the lectures of Thomas Denman, physician-accoucheur to the Middlesex Hospital...
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Best, Richard Irvine (1872–1959), philologist and bibliographer
Rolf Baumgarten
Best, Richard Irvine (1872–1959), philologist and bibliographer, was born at 3 Bishop Street, Derry, on 17 January 1872, the son of Henry Best (who was of English descent), an excise officer, and his wife, Margaret Jane Irvine. He was educated at Foyle College...
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Boase, George Clement (1829–1897), bibliographer
W. P. Courtney
revised by Nilanjana Banerji
Boase, George Clement (1829–1897), bibliographer, born at Chapel Street, Penzance, on 20 October 1829, was the second son of John Josias Arthur Boase (1801–1896), a banker, and his wife, Charlotte (1802–1873), daughter of Robert Sholl of Truro. Charles William Boase and Frederic Boase...
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Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776–1847), bibliographer
John V. Richardson Jr.
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776–1847), bibliographer, was born in Calcutta, India, and baptized there on 31 August 1776, the elder son of Thomas Dibdin (c.1731–1780), naval captain and later merchant venturer, and his second wife, Elizabeth Compton (d. c.1780). When he was about the age of four both his parents died: his father on his way to ...
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Ferguson, John (1838–1916), chemist and bibliographer
David Weston
Ferguson, John (1838–1916), chemist and bibliographer, was born on 24 January 1838 at Alloa in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, the second of three children of William Ferguson and his wife, Margaret Kidd. His father moved from Alloa at an early date, settling in Glasgow as a merchant. ...
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Forman, Henry Buxton [Harry] (1842–1917), bibliographer and forger
J. F. R. Collins
Forman, Henry Buxton [Harry] (1842–1917), bibliographer and forger, was born on 11 July 1842 at Camden Place, Southampton Street, Camberwell, the third son and fifth child of the eight children of George Ellery Forman (1800–1867), naval surgeon, and his wife, Maria Courthorpe (1805–1888)...
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Herbert, William (1718–1795), bibliographer and printseller
Robin Myers
Herbert, William (1718–1795), bibliographer and printseller, was born on 29 November 1718, the second of five children of Thomas Herbert (c.1691–1721), a dyer and hosier of Gravel Lane, Southwark, and his wife, Sarah (d. 1748). His parents were Londoners and Presbyterians. What is known of his first thirty years derives from ...
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Jenkinson, Francis John Henry (1853–1923), librarian and bibliographer
David McKitterick
Jenkinson, Francis John Henry (1853–1923), librarian and bibliographer, born at Forres, Moray, on 20 August 1853, was the elder son of John Henry Jenkinson (1823–1914), younger brother of Sir George Samuel Jenkinson, eleventh baronet, of Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire, and of his wife, Alice Henrietta (...
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Madan, Falconer (1851–1935), librarian and bibliographer
R. Julian Roberts
Madan, Falconer (1851–1935), librarian and bibliographer, was born on 15 April 1851 at Cam vicarage, Gloucestershire, the fifth and youngest son of George Madan (1807–1891), vicar of Cam, and his wife, Harriet (1813–1904), daughter of William Gresley. He was educated at Crewkerne grammar school...
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Paton, George (1721–1807), antiquary and bibliographer
Brian Hillyard
Paton, George (1721–1807), antiquary and bibliographer, was born on 23 June 1721 in Edinburgh, the fifth of the eight children of John Paton (bap. 1677?, d. 1765), bookseller of Edinburgh, and Margaret (bap. 1683, d. 1771), daughter of George Mosman, printer and bookseller of ...
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Pollard, Alfred William (1859–1944), bibliographer and scholar of English literature
W. W. Greg
revised by H. R. Woudhuysen
Pollard, Alfred William (1859–1944), bibliographer and scholar of English literature, was born at 1 Brompton Square, Kensington, London, on 14 August 1859, the youngest son of a physician, Edward William Pollard, and his second wife, Emma Louisa, daughter of George Edward Thompson, a shipowner, of ...
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Sadleir [formerly Sadler], Michael Thomas Harvey (1888–1957), bibliographer and novelist
Derek Hudson
revised by Sayoni Basu
Sadleir [formerly Sadler], Michael Thomas Harvey (1888–1957), bibliographer and novelist, was born in Oxford on 25 December 1888, the only child of the educational pioneer Sir Michael Ernest Sadler (1861–1943), and his first wife, Mary Ann (d. 1931), daughter of Charles Harvey...
