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| − | In his will, Ent [[bequest::bequeathed]] his [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] and loose papers to his [[beneficiary::brother]] [[family::Josias Ent|Josias]], and a copy of [[ | + | In his will, Ent [[bequest::bequeathed]] his [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] and loose papers to his [[beneficiary::brother]] [[family::Josias Ent|Josias]], and a copy of [[author::Hobbes]]'s edition of [[author::Thucydides]] to the [[occupation::astrologer]] [[beneficiary::John Gadbury]]. He also [[bequest::left]] a portrait of his father, engraved by [[associates::David Loggan]], to [[beneficiary::William Everard]]. All the rest of his [[bequest::books]] were left to [[organisations::the Royal Society]], where they were received and listed as an appendix to the [[date of publication::1681]] [[format::printed]] catalogue of the library [[bequest::given]] to the [[organisations::the Royal Society|Society]] by [[beneficiary::Thomas Howard]], [[personal title::Duke]] of [[location::Norfolk]]. 358 bound titles are listed, subdivided by format, together with 144 unbound tracts. The contents include [[subject::theology]], [[subject::history]], [[subject::philosophy]], [[subject::law]], [[subject::travel]] and [[subject::science]], typical of the mix to be expected in a gentleman’s library of the time. A high proportion of the books were [[language::English]] imprints, published during Ent’s lifetime, with a high proportion of [[language::English]] language material. |
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George ENT ca.1644-1679
Biographical Note
Born at Sandwich, Kent, son of Sir George Ent, physician. Matriculated Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, 1661, but did not graduate; admitted at Gray’s Inn, 1663, called to the Bar 1670, admitted to the Middle Temple 1671. Fellow of the Royal Society, 1677/8.
Books
In his will, Ent bequeathed his manuscripts and loose papers to his brother Josias, and a copy of Hobbes's edition of Thucydides to the astrologer John Gadbury. He also left a portrait of his father, engraved by David Loggan, to William Everard. All the rest of his books were left to the Royal Society, where they were received and listed as an appendix to the 1681 printed catalogue of the library given to the Society by Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. 358 bound titles are listed, subdivided by format, together with 144 unbound tracts. The contents include theology, history, philosophy, law, travel and science, typical of the mix to be expected in a gentleman’s library of the time. A high proportion of the books were English imprints, published during Ent’s lifetime, with a high proportion of English language material.
Sources
- Bibliotheca Norfolciana, sive catalogus, London, 1681 (ESTC R14407).
- Buchanan-Brown, J. ‘The books presented to the Royal Society by John Aubrey’, Notes and Records of the Royal Society 28 (1973-4), 167-193.
- Venn, J. & J. A. Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge, 1922.