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
- Hiscock, W. A Christ Church miscellany, 1946, 14-15.
- Purcell, M. ‘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.
- Spurr, John. "Allestree, Richard (1621/2–1681), Church of England clergyman." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.