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Author

William Dunn Macray

English librarian, cleric and historian (1826–1916)

Born
July 7, 1826, St Pancras
Died
December 5, 1916, Bloxham
Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupation
Librarian, historian and theologian

Life and work

William Dunn Macray (1826–1916) was an English librarian, cleric and historian.

Macray was ordained and graduated MA. He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and worked at the Bodleian Library from 1845 to 1905. He received the degree Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) honoris causa from the University of Oxford in June 1902.

He is best known for his Annals of the Bodleian Library (1868), an institutional history of the library; a second edition was published in 1890.

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Collection

Books by William Dunn Macray

1 book