Egerton, Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
Possessore Id00022535
TipologiaPersona
GenereMaschile
Estremi biografici1736-1803
Altre informazioniAlso 6th Earl of Bridgewater; inherited the Bridgewater Library from his brother John Egerton (1727-1748), the 5th Earl, who had inherited it from their father, Scroop Egerton (1681-1745), the 4th Earl, neither of whom had made an impact on its contents. Francis Egerton moved the library to London, to Cleveland House, also known as Bridgewater House. The Rev. Henry John Todd was hired to oversee the move, but also disposed of many volumes in auction sales by Thomas King (1802-1804), and had many volumes rebound in brown calf with the Bridgewater crest on the covers. [John Lancaster, from: Stephen Tabor, "The Bridgewater Library," in Pre-Nineteenth-Century British Book Collectors and Bibliographers (Detroit, 1999) [Dictionary of Literary Biography, 213], 40-50.]
Altro identificativohttps://lccn.loc.gov/n88132683
Attività
Inizio (anno)1748
Fine (anno)1803
MARC Area Codee-uk-en
Professione / Tipologia dell’entePolitico
StatusAristocratico
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