Thompson, Henry Yates, 1838-1928

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Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928), book-collector, was born at Dingle Cottage, near Liverpool, on 15 December 1838. He attended Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1862), and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1867. He was private secretary to the viceroy of Ireland, the 5th Earl Spencer, between 1868 and 1873, and travelled widely from 1862 to 1875. Thompson was the Sandars reader in bibliography at Cambridge University in 1901 and 1904. He formed a large collection of illuminated manuscripts, part of which was sold to various institutions between 1919 and 1921. He died in London on 8 July 1928.

From the guide to the Henry Yates Thompson: Two Lectures on Illuminated Manuscripts, 1905, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)

Epithet: manuscript collector

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x0000cf

Epithet: of Add MS 35283

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English newspaper magnate and book collector.

From the description of Printed statement : London, to the staff of the Pall Mall Gazette, 1892 Sept. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874871

Epithet: of MS Facsimile 65

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Epithet: of MS Facsimile 201

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Epithet: of MS Facsimile 183

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British officer, Barrister, and collector of rare manuscripts.

From the description of Letter to George Watson Cole, 1921. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510135

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Birth 1838-12-15

Death 1928-07-08

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