Munby, A. N. L. (Alan Noel Latimer), 1913-1974

Librarian of King's College, Cambridge.

From the description of Letters : Cambridge, England, to Seymour Adelman, Philadelphia, Pa., 1968 Aug. 7 - Sept. 18. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25224126

Epithet: Librarian King's College Cambridge

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x0000e2

Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872) collected over 60,000 manuscripts from Britain, Europe and the Middle East. He maintained his library first at his estate of Middle Hill in Worcestershire; in 1864-1865 he moved the collection to Thirlestaine House in the town of Cheltenham. A.N.L. Munby's five biographical and bibliographical volumes on this great collector were published between 1951 and 1960 as Phillipps studies. His researches for these volumes form the basis of the radio play.

From the description of Sir Thomas Phillipps : a biographical portrait / written and narrated by A.N.L. Munby [radio script], 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122444931

Biography

Munby was born on December 25, 1913; educated at King's College, Cambridge; TD, 1945; Litt.D, 1962; was in the antiquarian book trade with Bernard Quaritch, Limited (1935-37) and Sotheby & Company (1937-39, 1945-47); became Librarian at King's College, Cambridge in 1947 and Fellow in 1948; J.P.R. Lyell Reader in Bibliography, University of Oxford, 1962-63; Sandars Reader in Bibliography, University of Cambridge, 1969-70; publications include The alabaster hand and other ghost stories (1949), The cult of the autograph letter in England (1962), The libraries of English men of letters (1964), and Conoisseurs and medieval miniatures (1972); he died on December 26, 1974.

From the guide to the A.N.L. Munby Papers, ca. 1940-1965, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.)