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ownerBernard, Edward (1638-1697), 1638 - 1697 Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford 1673-91; see DNB; the Bodleian Library bought those of his printed books not already in the Library; see Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses: An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the University, 5vols (Oxford, 1813-20), IV, cols 701-10; Macray 165-7; Philip 61-2; Rogers, Treasures, 171-3; Toomer, Eastern Wisedome, ad indicem, esp. 299-305; Bodleian Library, MSS. Lat. misc. f.7 and f.11 list books bought by Bernard; a list of his books with manuscript notes is now in London, British Library, MS. Sloane 825; a list of Bernard's printed books, selected by the Bodleian and drawn up by Humfrey Wanley, is kept as Library Records c. 1816; on Wanley and the acquisition of these books see Humfrey Wanley, Letters of Humfrey Wanley, Palaeographer, Anglo-Saxonist, Librarian 1672-1726, ed. P. L. Heyworth (Oxford, 1989), ad indicem.
ownerBernard, Edward (1638-1697), 1638 - 1697 Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford 1673-91; see DNB; the Bodleian Library bought those of his printed books not already in the Library; see Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses: An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the University, 5vols (Oxford, 1813-20), IV, cols 701-10; Macray 165-7; Philip 61-2; Rogers, Treasures, 171-3; Toomer, Eastern Wisedome, ad indicem, esp. 299-305; Bodleian Library, MSS. Lat. misc. f.7 and f.11 list books bought by Bernard; a list of his books with manuscript notes is now in London, British Library, MS. Sloane 825; a list of Bernard's printed books, selected by the Bodleian and drawn up by Humfrey Wanley, is kept as Library Records c. 1816; on Wanley and the acquisition of these books see Humfrey Wanley, Letters of Humfrey Wanley, Palaeographer, Anglo-Saxonist, Librarian 1672-1726, ed. P. L. Heyworth (Oxford, 1989), ad indicem.