Auteur

Cyril Davenport

1848–1941

Naissance: 5 juin 1848, Stirling
Décès: 15 janvier 1941, Taunton
Profession: Relieur ou relieuse et bibliothécaire

Voir les 6 livres En savoir plus sur Wikipédia

Vie et œuvre

Wikipédia n'a pas encore d'article sur cet auteur dans cette langue. Ci-dessous, le texte en anglais.

Cyril James Humphries Davenport (5 June 1848, Stirling – 15 January 1941, Taunton) was a British librarian, art historian, and designer.

Life

Davenport, the son of an officer and the grandson of Admiral Salusbury Pryce Humphreys (Davenport), attended Charterhouse School. He initially worked as a draftsman for the Royal Engineer Department of the War Office before joining the British Museum Library (now part of the British Library) in 1868. During his tenure, he became Superintendent of Bookbinding. He retired in 1913.

Davenport was regarded as an authority on the history of bookbinding and published extensively on this and other art and cultural history topics. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Additionally, he was an artist, working as a watercolor and miniature painter, book cover designer, sculptor, enameler, and goldsmith.

Texte: “Cyril Davenport”, de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Dates et faits : Wikidata.

Collection