View source for Nicholas Hobart ca.1605-1657

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===[[name::Nicholas]] [[name::HOBART]]  ca.[[date of Birth::1605]]-[[date of Death::1657]]===

====Biographical Note====
Born at [[place of Birth::Lindsey, Suffolk]], son of [[family::William Hobart]].  BA [[education::King's College, Cambridge]] 1624, MA 1627, [[occupation::fellow]] 1624-50, [[occupation::proctor]] 1641; also resided for a while at [[education::Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Trinity Hall]].  [[occupation::Secretary]] to [[associates::Sir Thomas Bendish]], [[occupation::ambassador]] to [[location::Turkey]] and [[occupation::agent]] for the [[organisations::Levant Company]] at [[location::Constantinople]], where he spent some time.

====Books==== 
Hobart acquired a number of [[subject::orientalism|oriental books]], including [[language::Persian]] and [[language::Arabic]] [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]], via his contacts with the middle east (some at least came via [[associates::Edward Abbott]], an English [[occupation::merchant]] and [[occupation::consul]] at [[location::Cairo]]).  He gave a little over [[bequest::20 books|20]] of these to [[beneficiary::Cambridge University Library]] in 1655, and bequeathed a few more "[[language::Turkish]], [[language::Arabic]] and [[language::Persian]] books" when he died, along with a collection of [[bequest::coins]].  He also [[bequest::bequeathed]] [[monetary Value::20 marks]] to [[beneficiary::King's College Library]], to be spent on [[subject::law, civil|civil law]] books; [[monetary Value::£20]] to [[beneficiary::Cambridge University]], also for [[subject::law, civil|civil law]] books; [[monetary Value::£10]] to [[beneficiary::Eton]], for "books for the common use of the College"; [[monetary Value::£5]] to [[beneficiary::Trinity Hall]], to be spent on books; and [[monetary Value::£10]] to [[beneficiary::Bury St Edmunds School]], to be spent on books.  The residue of his goods and chattels were left to his [[beneficiary::wife]] [[family::Sarah Hobart|Sarah]].

A number of the [[subject::orientalism|oriental]] books and [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] can be traced in [[present repository::Cambridge University Library]] today and are described by Oates.  The bookcase incorporating Hobart's initials which was built at King's College in the Chapel, to house the books bought with his bequest, is described and illustrated in Clark, ''The care of books''.  Examples: CUL Rel.d.64.1, MSS Dd.12.1, Ff.3.30, Ll.6.24.

====Characteristic markings====
Hobart's books in CUL are not inscribed or annotated by him. 

====Sources====
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*Clark, J. W. ''The care of books'', Cambridge, 1901, 254-5.
*Oates, J. C. T. ''Cambridge University Library: a history'', vol 1, Cambridge, 1986, 289-94.
*Venn, J. ''Biographical history of Gonville & Caius College''. Cambridge, 1897. 
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