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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 184
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online
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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 184.
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online.
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| Contents |
H. G. Aldis (1863-1919) - Bertram Lord Ashburnham (1797-1878) - William Blades (1824-1890) - Henry Bradshaw (1831-1886) - Lord Brotherton (1856-1930) - Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) - John Payne Collier (1789-1883) - Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847) - Bertram Dobell (1842-1914) - Edward Edwards (1812-1886) - Harry Buxton Forman (1842-1917) - John Forster (1812-1876) - Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) - Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910) - Richard Garnett (1835-1906) - George Gissing (1857-1903) - William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) -Edmund Gosse (1849-1928) - Sir George Grey, K.C.B. (1812-1898) - Alexander Balloch Grosart (1827-1899) - James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889) - Richard Heber (1774-1833) - Thomas Morland Hocken (1836-1910) - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) - Sir Sidney Lee (1859-1926) - Alexander William Lindsay, Twenty-fifth Earl of Crawford (1812-1880) - Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821-1895) - William Thomas Lowndes (1798-1843) - Sir Frederic Madden (1801-1873) - Richard Monckton Milnes (1809-1885) - William Morris (1834-1896) Edward Williams Byron Nicholson (1849-1912) - Sir William Osler (1849-1919) - Sir Anthony Panizzi (1797-1879) - Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872) - Robert Proctor (1868-1903) - Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899) - Rothschild Family - John Rylands (1801-1888) and Enriqueta Augustina Tennant Rylands (1843-1908) - Charles Edward Sayle (1864-1924) - Walter W. Skeat (1836-1912) - George John Spencer, Second Earl Spencer (1758-1834) - Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928)-Alexander H. Turnbull (1868-1918) - Rowland Williams (1817-1870) - Thomas James Wise (1859-1937). |
| Summary |
An eclectic view of the book and manuscript collecting and bibliographical activity during nineteenth century Britain is presented. Subjects range from the wealthy, bibliographically knowledgeable members of the aristocrats to others who impoverished themselves and their families in their obsession. Discusses how these collections were instrumental in the advocacy of the public library movement. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. |
| Original Version |
Original: 531 p. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
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Bibliographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Bibliographers. |
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Great Britain. |
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Biographies.
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Book collecting -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Book collecting. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Book collectors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Book collectors. |
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Baker, William, 1944-
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Womack, Kenneth.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
0787610739 |
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9780787610739 |
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