Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935

Falconer Madan (1851-1935) was born in Cam, Gloucestershire, on 15 April 1851. He was educated at Marlborough, 1864-1870, and Brasenose College, Oxford, 1870-1875, where he was a fellow, 1876-1880 and 1889-1912. He was sub-librarian of the Bodleian Library, 1880-1912, and a lecturer in palaeography at Oxford, 1889-1913. He was Bodley's librarian, 1912-1919. Madan died on 22 May 1935.

From the guide to the Falconer Madan: Localisation and Dating of Manuscripts, 1909, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)

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