Difference between revisions of "Robert Camell 1693-1732"
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Camell used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 4931); his younger brother [[family::William Camell|William]], of whom no further biographical details are recorded, used a printed book label dated 1725. The extent and disposition of his library is not known. | Camell used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 4931); his younger brother [[family::William Camell|William]], of whom no further biographical details are recorded, used a printed book label dated 1725. The extent and disposition of his library is not known. | ||
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Revision as of 02:30, 24 December 2020
Robert CAMELL or CAM'ELL or CAMMELL 1693-1732
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Biographical Note
Born at Diss, Norfolk, son of Robert Camell, attorney. LL.B. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 1715, LL.D. 1723; rector of Lound, Suffolk and of Bradwell 1717, lecturer at St Peter Mancroft, Norwich 1731. A number of his sermons were published in 1726, and he is known to have helped the researches of the Norfolk historian Francis Blomefield.
Books
Camell used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 4931); his younger brother William, of whom no further biographical details are recorded, used a printed book label dated 1725. The extent and disposition of his library is not known.
Sources
- Blatchly, J., East Anglian ex-libris, London, 2008, p.40-1.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.