Bodley's Librarian
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The head of the Bodleian Library, the main library at the University of Oxford, is known as Bodley's Librarian: Sir Thomas Bodley, as founder, gave his name to both the institution and the position. A
Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian Library
Thomas James, the first Bodley's Librarian
John Rouse, the second librarian
Thomas Barlow, the third librarian
Thomas Bodley
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Sir Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar who founded the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Bodley's Librarian
…The head of the Bodleian Library, the main library at the University of Oxford, is known as Bodley's Librarian: Sir Thomas Bodley, as founder, gave his name to both the institution and the position. Although there had been a university library at Oxford since about 1320, it had…
Arms of Sir Thomas above the entrance to the Bodleian
Engraving of the Bodleian showing Sir Thomas's arms alongside the arms of the university