Askew, Anthony
Owner Id2686
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1722-1774
Other InformationBorn in Kendal. A learned collector of manuscripts and books which he made available to students. His Greeks inscriptions are now in the British Museum [BL Clark's slips].
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, MD 1750, physician and classical scholar; see DNB; Venn pt 1, I 48; Fletcher, Collectors, 219-21; de Ricci, English Collectors, 52-3, gives the date of sale as 13 Feb.; sale: Bibliotheca Askeviana (London: S. Baker and G. Leigh, 13 Feb. 1775). [Bod-inc Index of provenances].
Variant NamesAskew, Antonius
Askew, Antony
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp00477394
https://aeolus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/incunables/provenances_for_mei.xml#xpointer(//*[@id=
Activity
Start (year)1722
End (year)1774
NoteBMC IV:
p. 13: IB.17166;
BMC V:
p. 164: IB.19587; p. 169: IB.19623a; p. 172: IB.19655, IC.19665; p. 184: IB.19763; p. 235: IB.20355;
BMC VI:
p. 606: IB.25635; p. 607: IB.25638; p. 667: IA.28013a; p. 668: IA.28035; p. 690: IB.28061b; p. 754: IB.26552a;
BMC VII:
p. 942: IB.30291; p. 1091: IA.34063.
MARC Area Codee-uk
Profession / Type of InstitutionPhysician
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
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