Difference between revisions of "Edward Homer 1581?-1614"

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Edward HOMER 1581?-1614

Biographical Note

Of Worcestershire. BA St John's College, Oxford 1602, MA 1606.

Books

Homer's probate inventory (transcribed and edited as PLRE 160) lists ca.60 books, typical of the small library of a young academic of the time. The PLRE editors note the high proportion of theological material (about two thirds) and standard textbooks, in Latin and English.

Sources

Foster, J. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886, 8 vols, Oxford, 1891.
Gillespie, S. Edward Homer, in R. Fehrenbach and J. Black (eds), Private Libraries in Renaissance England 7 (2009), 211-220.

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 ====Biographical Note====
-Of [[educated at::St John's College, Oxford]] ([[has degree::MA]] [[graduated in::1606]]).
+Of [[place of birth::Worcestershire]]. BA [[education::St John's College, Oxford]] 1602, MA 1606.
 ====Books====
-Probate inventory (transcribed and edited as PLRE 160) lists ca. [[size of library::60]] books.
+Homer's probate inventory (transcribed and edited as ''PLRE'' 160) lists ca.60  books, typical of the small library of a young  academic of the time. The ''PLRE'' editors note the high proportion of [[subject::theology|theological]] material (about two thirds) and standard textbooks, in [[language::Latin]] and [[language::English]].
 ====Sources====
-Foster. S. Gillespie, Edward Homer, in R. Fehrenbach and J. Black (eds), PLRE 7 (2009), 211-220.
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+*Foster, J. ''Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford 1500-1714/1715-1886'', 8 vols, Oxford, 1891.
+*Gillespie, S. Edward Homer, in R. Fehrenbach and J. Black (eds), ''Private Libraries in Renaissance England'' 7 (2009), 211-220.
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