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George THOMASON 1600?-66

Biographical Note

Bookseller; assembled the collection of Civil War pamphlets now known as the Thomason Tracts.

Books

The Thomason Tracts were eventually purchased for The British Museum by George III in 1761.

Sources

Mendle, M. George Thomason’s intentions, in G. Mandelbrote and B. Taylor (eds), Libraries within the library, 2009, 171-186. P. Hoare (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006. II 39.
Spencer, L. The professional and literary connexions of George Thomason, The Library 5th ser 13 (1958), 102-118.
Spencer, L. The politics of George Thomason, The Library 5th ser 14 (1959) 11-27.
Stoker, David. "Thomason, George (c. 1602–1666), bookseller and collector of civil-war tracts." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Stoker, D. George Thomason’s intractable legacy, The Library 6th ser 14 (1992), 337-56.
Stoker, D. and M. Kingston, George Thomason in W. Baker (ed), Pre-19th century British book collectors, 1999, 344-9.

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 ====Biographical Note====
-[[occupation::Bookseller]]; assembled the collection of Civil War pamphlets now known as the Thomason Tracts.  These were eventually [[retail Sale::purchased]] for [[organisations::the British Museum]] by [[buyer::George III]] in [[date of purchase::1761]].
+[[Occupation::Bookseller]]; assembled the collection of Civil War pamphlets now known as the Thomason Tracts.
+====Books====
+The Thomason Tracts were eventually purchased for [[Subsequent Owner::The British Museum]] by [[Associates::George III]] in 1761.
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-*M. Mendle, George Thomason’s intentions, in G. Mandelbrote and B. Taylor (eds), ''Libraries within the library'', 2009, 171-186.  P. Hoare (gen.ed.), ''The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland''. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006. II 39.
+*Mendle, M. George Thomason’s intentions, in G. Mandelbrote and B. Taylor (eds), ''Libraries within the library'', 2009, 171-186.  P. Hoare (gen.ed.), ''The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland''. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006. II 39.
-*L. Spencer, The professional and literary connexions of George Thomason, ''The Library'' 5th ser 13 (1958), 102-118.
+*Spencer, L. The professional and literary connexions of George Thomason, ''The Library'' 5th ser 13 (1958), 102-118.
-*L. Spencer, The politics of George Thomason, ''The Library'' 5th ser 14 (1959) 11-27.
+*Spencer, L. The politics of George Thomason, ''The Library'' 5th ser 14 (1959) 11-27.
 *Stoker, David. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/27250 "Thomason, George (c. 1602–1666), bookseller and collector of civil-war tracts."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.
-*D. Stoker, George Thomason’s intractable legacy, ''The Library'' 6th ser 14 (1992), 337-56.
+*Stoker, D. George Thomason’s intractable legacy, ''The Library'' 6th ser 14 (1992), 337-56.
-*D. Stoker and M. Kingston, George Thomason in W. Baker (ed), ''Pre-19th century British book collectors'', 1999, 344-9.
+*Stoker, D. and M. Kingston, George Thomason in W. Baker (ed), ''Pre-19th century British book collectors'', 1999, 344-9.
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