Edward Gordon Duff
British bibliographer and librarian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British bibliographer and librarian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Gordon Duff (16 February 1863 – 28 September 1924), known as Gordon Duff, was a British bibliographer and librarian[1] known for his works on early English printing.[2]
Edward Gordon Duff | |
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Born | Liverpool, England | 16 February 1861
Died | 28 September 1924 63) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | (aged
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Cheltenham College Wadham College, Oxford |
Occupation(s) | Bibliographer Librarian |
Duff was born in Liverpool on 16 February 1863.[3] He was educated at Cheltenham College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he took a degree in classics in 1887.
Duff began work on a catalogue of incunabula in the Bodleian Library but did not finish the project. In 1893 Enriqueta Augustina Rylands appointed Duff her librarian. From 1893 to 1899, he compiled the first catalogue of the John Rylands Library, Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester (Manchester: J. E. Cornish, 1899). Henry Guppy was appointed joint librarian in 1899. Duff resigned from his position at the John Rylands Library in October 1900 and, for the rest of his life, he supported himself by doing freelance work and by taking academic appointments. He was elected Sandars Reader in Bibliography at the University of Cambridge in June 1902.[4][5]
Duff died at his home in Oxford on 28 September 1924.[6]
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