Anthony Wood 1632-1695
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Anthony WOOD 1632-95
Biographical Note
Historian at Oxford. Bequeathed his library to the Ashmolean Museum (transferred to the Bodleian, 1860); over 6500 vols are in the Bodleian today. Some books and manuscripts were also sold by him during his lifetime.
Sources
- S. Baron, Anthony a Wood in W. Baker (ed), Pre-19th century British book collectors, 1999, 401-6.
- P. Hoare (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006. 40-1.
- N. Kiessling, The library of Anthony Wood (2002).
- N. Kiessling, The life of Anthony Wood in his own words, 2009.
- Parry, Graham. "Wood, Anthony [Anthony à Wood] (1632–1695), antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.