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    Sir Thomas Bodley (2 March 1545 – 28 January 1613) was an English diplomat and scholar who founded the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Thomas Bodley was born...
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    research library of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 13 million printed...
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    another early fellow of the college. Founder of the Bodleian Library, Thomas Bodley, was admitted as fellow in 1564. Another significant figure, Henry Savile...
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  • trade in antiquarian books in London. It took the name Bodley Head from a bust of Sir Thomas Bodley, the eponymist of the Bodleian Library in Oxford, above...
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    Sir Thomas Bodley, to be a library not just to Oxford University but also to the world". The medal's obverse shows the right profile of Thomas Bodley and...
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    (1525–1601), constitutionalist William Peryam (1534 – after 1603), lawyer Sir Thomas Bodley (1545–1613), diplomat and founder of the Bodleian Library Nicholas Hilliard...
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    original Bodleian Library in the Old Schools Quadrangle, founded by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1598 and opened in 1602, the Radcliffe Camera, the Clarendon Building...
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    secured him the post of librarian to the library newly founded by Sir Thomas Bodley at Oxford. At the same time, he was made rector of St Aldate's Church...
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  • up Bodley in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bodley may refer to: Edward Fisher Bodley (1815–1881), English businessman George Frederick Bodley (1827–1907)...
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    Oxford University was left without a library collection until Sir Thomas Bodley's donation in 1602. In July 1536, the first attempt was made to clarify...
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