Sir Frederic Madden: Index to John Lydgate's Poetical Works c. 1840

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Sir Frederic Madden: Index to John Lydgate's Poetical Works c. 1840

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Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

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Madden, Frederic, 1801-1873

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Epithet: Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000ac ...

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?

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Sir Frederic Madden

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Sir Frederic Madden (1801-1873), antiquary and palaeographer, was born in Portsmouth on 16 February 1801. He collated the manuscripts of Caedmon for Oxford University in 1825, and worked on the preparation of the British Museum's catalogue of printed books, 1826-1828. He became assistant-keeper of manuscripts at the museum in 1828, and was the head of department, 1837-1866. He died in London on 8 March 1873. John Lydgate (1370?-1451?), poet, was born in Lydgate, near New...