Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935

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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)

Falconer Madan (1851-1935) was Bodley's Librarian, a palaeographer and bibliographer. Details are given in Who Was Who .

From the guide to the Papers of Falconer Madan relating to his, New bibliography of the Eikon Basilike of King Charles the First, mid. 17th-20th century, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library)

From the guide to the Papers of Falconer Madan relating to manuscripts of Vergil, 1876-80, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library)

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referencedIn Correspondence of Falconer Madan, 1923-35 Bodleian Library, Oxford
referencedIn Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Collection, 1850-1971 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Houghton Library. Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q. 1942. Houghton Library
referencedIn Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Correspondence, 1819, 1849-1957, 1962 William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
referencedIn Johnsonian Miscellanies, extra-illustrated, 1538-1900 (inclusive);, 1738-1866 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn English miscellaneous manuscripts collection, 1362-1945 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella, b. 1852. Letters, 1932-1933. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Edgar Huidekoper Wells papers, 1912-1933. Houghton Library
referencedIn Collections by Falconer Madan, 1908-32 Bodleian Library, Oxford
referencedIn Falconer Madan: Localisation and Dating of Manuscripts, 1909 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
creatorOf Falconer Madan: Localisation and Dating of Manuscripts, 1909 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
referencedIn Daniel, R. Letter, 1915, June 18, Oxford, England, to Philip D. Sherman, Oberlin, Ohio. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Papers of Falconer Madan relating to his, New bibliography of the Eikon Basilike of King Charles the First, mid. 17th-20th century Bodleian Library, Oxford
referencedIn Henry Bradshaw: Notes on the Day-Book of J. Dorne, 1886-1929 Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
referencedIn Papers of Falconer Madan relating to manuscripts of Vergil, 1876-80 Bodleian Library, Oxford
referencedIn Cleverdon mss. II, 1926-1988 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn English Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1362-1945 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935,. The Falconer Madan collection of Carrolliana. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935. Daniel Press ephemera 1879-1922 The Claremont Colleges, Claremont University Consortium
creatorOf Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935. Letters, 1912-1930, Oxford, to Philip D. Sherman, Oberlin, Ohio. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Papers of Falconer Madan relating to his, New bibliography of the Eikon Basilike of King Charles the First, mid. 17th-20th century Bodleian Library, Oxford
creatorOf Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935. Letter to William Edward Armytage Axon [manuscript] 1912 Feb. 12. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Papers of Falconer Madan relating to manuscripts of Vergil, 1876-80 Bodleian Library, Oxford
referencedIn Grolier Club. Miniature books information file, 1884-ca. 1940. Grolier Club
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associatedWith Axon, William E. A. (William Edward Armytage), 1846-1913 person
associatedWith Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974. person
associatedWith Bradshaw, Henry person
associatedWith Cambridge University corporateBody
associatedWith Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. person
associatedWith Charles I 1600-1649 person
associatedWith Cleverdon, Douglas. person
associatedWith Daniel Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Daniel, R. person
associatedWith Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898 person
associatedWith Frome Press. corporateBody
correspondedWith Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella, b. 1852. person
correspondedWith Grolier Club. corporateBody
correspondedWith Hill, George Birkbeck Norman, 1835-1903 person
associatedWith Houghton Library. person
associatedWith Madan Falconer 1851-1935 person
associatedWith Maro Publius Vergilius c 70-19 BC Roman poet known as Virgil person
associatedWith Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists. corporateBody
associatedWith Sherman, Philip D. (Philip Darrell), 1881-1957, person
associatedWith Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771. person
associatedWith Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. person
associatedWith Ward, Thomas Humphry, 1845-1926. person
associatedWith Wells, Edgar Huidekoper, 1875-1938 person
associatedWith William Andrews Clark Memorial Library corporateBody
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Authors, Classical
Classical literature
Eikon basilike
Latin literature
Lectures (teaching method)
Manuscripts
Manuscripts, Latin
Palaeography
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Collector
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Birth 1851-04-15

Death 1935-05-22

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English

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