Bryant, Jacob
Owner Id00016240
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1717-1804
Other InformationOf Plymouth, son of Anthony, customs officer. Antiquary and classical scholar, he worked as private tutor and secretary for the dukes of Marlborough. He was a scholar and book-collector. Most of his classical library was donated to King's College, Cambridge, after his death, where some catalogues of his collection are preserved; during his lifetime he donated a number of valuable books to George III (Dennis R. Dean, ‘Bryant, Jacob (bap. 1717, d. 1804)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3795, accessed 14 March 2017]; P.R. Harris, The King's Library, in Libraries within the Library 2009, pp. 296-317: 315). A.N.L. Munby, in The Library, 5th ser. 3 (1948) pp.218-222.
Activity
Start (year)1717
End (year)1804
MARC Area Codee-uk
PlaceBlenheim (Geonames Id: 2655355)
Profession / Type of InstitutionScholar
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
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