Janus: Henry Bradshaw: Notes on printed books and manuscripts in the library of Lincoln Cathedral

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.2731	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on printed books and manuscripts in an unidentified library
MS Add.2732	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on printed books and manuscripts in an unidentified library, possibly the Imperial Library, Vienna
MS Add.2733	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on books in libraries in Lund, Sweden, and in Hamburg, Germany
MS Add.2734	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in Hamburg, and at the British Museum
MS Add.2735	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on printed books in the library of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and of Britwell House, Oxfordshire
MS Add.2736	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on printed books and manuscripts in the library of Lincoln Cathedral
MS Add.2737	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on printed books and manuscripts at Burghley House, Stamford
MS Add.2738	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on printed books and manuscripts in the Bibliotheque Nationale, St Genevieve's and other Parisian libraries
MS Add.2740.1	Household accounts, apparently compiled for the court of Saxony
MS Add.2740.2	Pater Costerus; Satire upon Roman Catholicism
MS Add.2742	W.Y. Ottley: Collections on armour
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Henry Bradshaw: Notes on printed books and manuscripts in the library of Lincoln Cathedral

Title	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on printed books and manuscripts in the library of Lincoln Cathedral
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.2736
Creator	Bradshaw, Henry, 1831-1886
Covering Dates	29 May 1865
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.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Henry Bradshaw: Notes on printed books and manuscripts in the library of Lincoln Cathedral, MS Add.2736

Index Terms

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

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