Librarian to the Earl of Oxford, and antiquary.
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Humphrey Wanley
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Willesden Library
The newly built up Willesden area was provided with a library, completed in 1894. It was extended at the back in 1907, part funded by Andrew Carnegie. The whole back section was rebuilt with addit...
1 memorial
William Ralston Shedden-Ralston
Born York Terrace, Regent’s Park. His strange name seems to be the result of his father's near-illegitimacy and subsequent extensive litigation. Librarian, folklorist and Russian scholar. He gra...
1 memorial
Frederick Horniman
Tea merchant, benefactor and politician. Born Frederick John Horniman at Bridgwater, Somerset. He inherited his father's tea business, which by 1891 was described as the biggest tea firm in the wor...
Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, India, Sri Lanka
3 memorials
Armstrong Browning Library
The library is located on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. It houses one of the largest collections of letters and manuscripts by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, whic...
2 memorials
Chauncy Hare Townshend
Collector, dilettante, ordained clergyman, mesmerist, and hypochondriac (list from Wikipedia). Born Godalming into a wealthy family. Famous for his 1821 meeting with the poet John Clare (whom he i...
1 memorial
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