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| − | A library of more than 375 volumes, valued at [[monetary value::£59 11s 4d]], was seized from his [[location::London]] house by the [[organisations::London Committee for Sequestration]] in 1643. | + | A library of more than 375 volumes, valued at [[monetary value::£59 11s 4d]], was seized from his [[location::London]] house by the [[organisations::London Committee for Sequestration]] in 1643. An inventory of the books survives in the Committee's records in The National Archives. |
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| + | *[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3124421 Priced list of delinquents' books sold, The National Archives SP 20/7]. | ||
*Maddison, Francis. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/11371 "Greaves, John (1602–1652), astronomer and orientalist."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | *Maddison, Francis. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/11371 "Greaves, John (1602–1652), astronomer and orientalist."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | ||
*Roy, I. The libraries of Edward, 2nd Viscount Conway, and others, ''Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research'' 43 (1968), 35-46 | *Roy, I. The libraries of Edward, 2nd Viscount Conway, and others, ''Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research'' 43 (1968), 35-46 | ||
Revision as of 23:50, 17 June 2020
John GREAVES 1602-52
Biographical Note
Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, orientalist.
Books
A library of more than 375 volumes, valued at £59 11s 4d, was seized from his London house by the London Committee for Sequestration in 1643. An inventory of the books survives in the Committee's records in The National Archives.
Sources
- Priced list of delinquents' books sold, The National Archives SP 20/7.
- Maddison, Francis. "Greaves, John (1602–1652), astronomer and orientalist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Roy, I. The libraries of Edward, 2nd Viscount Conway, and others, Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research 43 (1968), 35-46