Janus: Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College, Cambridge.

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.2718.7	John Rennie: Specification of 'a Staunch and Weir to be placed in the River Cam near Bottisham Lode'
MS Add.2718.8	John Rennie: Specification for a wooden bridge 'proposed to be built over the Eau Brink Cut near [King's] Lynn'
MS Add.2718.9	John Rennie: Specification for 'a Sluice proposed to be erected on Marshland Drain'
MS Add.2719	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in various libraries
MS Add.2720	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the British Museum
MS Add.2721	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College, Cambridge.
MS Add.2722	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
MS Add.2723	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the Library of Clare College, Cambridge
MS Add.2724	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscipts in the library of Madgalene College, Cambridge
MS Add.2725	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on books and manuscripts in the library of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
MS Add.2726	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on books in the library of Corpus Christi College.
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Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College, Cambridge.

Title	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College, Cambridge.
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.2721
Creator	Bradshaw, Henry, 1831-1886
Covering Dates	1861
Extent and Medium	1 volume; paper
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Henry Bradshaw (1831-1886) was born in London on 2 February 1831. He attended Eton, before entering King's College, Cambridge, in 1850 (B.A, 1854; M.A., 1857), where he was a Fellow, 1853-1856, and Dean, 1857-1858 and 1863-1865. In 1856 he became Assistant Master at St Columba's College, near Dublin. Thereafter, he joined Cambridge University Library, where he was Assistant, 1856-1858, and Superintendent of Manuscripts, 1859-1867. He carried out the reform of the Department of Manuscripts, and served as University Librarian, 1867-1886. Bradshaw died on 11 February 1886.

Acquired on the death of Henry Bradshaw, University Librarian, 1886.

Access and Use

In English and Latin

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College, Cambridge., MS Add.2721

Index Terms

Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886) scholar, antiquary and librarian

Jesus College, Cambridge

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