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_id: 00016201
data:
  activity:
    - areaCode: e-uk
      characterisation: noc
      geonamesId: 2643123
      place: 'Deansgate, Manchester'
      professionOrType: lib
      start: 1900
  biographicalInformation: 1900
  name: 'Manchester, John Rylands University Library'
  note: "The John Rylands Library which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands. The John Rylands Library and the library of the University of Manchester merged in July 1972 into the John Rylands University Library of Manchester; today it is part of The University of Manchester Library. The core of the library's collection was formed around 40,000 books, including many rarities, assembled by George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, which Mrs Rylands purchased from Lord Spencer in 1892."
  type: cor
  variants:
    - John Rylands Library
meta:
  history:
    - timestamp: 2017-03-10T11:49:47
    - timestamp: 2017-03-11T15:10:20