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| − | Massey used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 19933); the extent and disposition of his library is not known. | + | Massey used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 19933); the extent and disposition of his library is not known. His [[format::manuscript]] commonplace book was sold at Bonham's in 2011 (see reference below). |
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*Cooper, Thompson, and Sarah Annes Brown. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18300 "Massey, William (1691–1764?), writer and translator."] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. | *Cooper, Thompson, and Sarah Annes Brown. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18300 "Massey, William (1691–1764?), writer and translator."] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. | ||
*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903-4. | *Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903-4. | ||
| + | *[https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18992/lot/245/?category=list William Massey, Liber Memorialis, Bonham's 22 November 2011, lot 245]. | ||
| + | *Information from Anthony Pincott. | ||
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William MASSEY 1691-1768
Biographical Note
Massey came from a Quaker family and is known to have learnt Latin and other languages in private schools in Nottingham and Norwich. In 1712 he became Latin usher at a school in Wandsworth run by William Scoryer; he later ran his own school in Wandsworth. He published numerous works designed to pursue devotional and educational purposes.
Books
Massey used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 19933); the extent and disposition of his library is not known. His manuscript commonplace book was sold at Bonham's in 2011 (see reference below).
Sources
- Cooper, Thompson, and Sarah Annes Brown. "Massey, William (1691–1764?), writer and translator." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
- William Massey, Liber Memorialis, Bonham's 22 November 2011, lot 245.
- Information from Anthony Pincott.