Thomas Bodley
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Sir Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar who founded the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Sir Thomas Bodley
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
Duke Humfrey's Library
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Duke Humfrey's Library is the oldest reading room in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. It is named after Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, who donated 281 books after his
Thomas Bodley
…many friends there and in the spring of 1598 the college gave a dinner in his honour. G. H. Martin speculates that the inspiration to restore the old Duke Humfrey's Library may have come from the renewal of Bodley's contact with Henry Savile and other former colleagues at this dinner. Once his proposal was accepted, he…
Library interior
Engraving of Arts End, Duke Humfrey's Library
A stained glass depiction of a swordsman in the Bodleian Library's Duke Humphrey library
Duke Humfrey's Library Interior 6, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK Diliff