Richard Allestree 1621/2-1681
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Richard ALLESTREE 1619-81
Biographical Note
Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford.
Books
Bequeathed his library of ca.3500 books to the care of Christ Church, Oxford, for the use of the Regius Professor.
Sources
Spurr, John. "Allestree, Richard (1621/2–1681), Church of England clergyman." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. W. Hiscock, A Christ Church miscellany, 1946, 14-15. M. Purcell, ‘Useful weapons for the defence of that cause’: Richard Allestree, John Fell and the foundation of the Allestree Library, The Library 6th ser 21 (1999), 124-47.