Baber, Henry Hervey
Owner Id4107
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1775 - 1869
Other InformationScholar, He was born in Slingsby, Yorkshire the second son of Thomas, a London Attorney of the Inner Temple, and Elizabeth (nėe Berriman) Baber and was educated at St Paul's School, London. He entered All Souls College, Oxford and graduated MA in 1805.
After working for a while as a sub-librarian at the Bodleian Library, Oxford he became in 1807 Assistant Librarian at the British Museum. In 1812 he was promoted to Keeper of the Printed Books. The crown rewarded him with the rectory of St James' Church, Stretham, Cambridgeshire in 1827, for his work on a three-volume edition of the Old Testament part of the Codex Alexandrinus. He was elected in May 1816 a Fellow of the Royal Society.
When the museum trustees decided in 1837 that their staff should no longer hold other remunerated posts, Baber resigned from his museum post but remained rector of Stretham until his death aged 94.
Part of his book collection has been donated to Ely Cathedral Library, bookplate " Eccles: Cathedr: Eliensi donavit Henricus Herveius Baber, A.M., F.R.S. ecclesiae Strethamensis cum capella de Thetford in insula Elien: Rector"
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Variant NamesBaber, Henricus Hervey
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp00991731
Activity
Start (year)1791
MARC Area Codee-uk
PlaceLondon
Profession / Type of InstitutionLibrary
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
Activity
Start (year)1811
MARC Area Codee-uk
PlaceLondon
Profession / Type of InstitutionLibrary
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
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