See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY OCTAVIUS See also:COXE (1811–1881)
, See also:English librarian and See also:scholar, was See also:born at Bucklebury, in See also:Berkshire, on the loth of See also:September 1811
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He was educated at See also:Westminster school and See also:Worcester See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford
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Immediately on taking his degree in 1833, he began See also:work in the See also:manuscript See also:department of the See also:British Museum, became in 1838 sub-librarian of the Bodleian, at Oxford, and in 186o succeeded Dr Bandinel as See also:head librarian, an See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office he held until his See also:death in 1881
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Having proved himself an able palaeographer, he was sent out by the British See also:government in 1857 to inspect the See also:libraries in the monasteries of the See also:Levant
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He discovered some valuable See also:manuscripts, but the monks were too See also:wise to See also:part with their treasures
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One valuable result of his travels was the detection of the See also:forgery attempted by See also:Constantine See also:Simonides
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He was the author of various catalogues, and under his direction that of the Bodleian, in more than 720 volumes, was completed
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He published Rogtri de See also:Wendover Chronica, 5 vols
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(1841–1844); the See also:Black See also:Prince, an See also:historical poem written in See also:French by See also:Chandos See also:Herald (1842); and See also:Report on the See also:Greek Manuscripts yet remaining in the Libraries of the Levant (1858)
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He was not only an accurate librarian but an active and hard-working clergyman, and was for the last twenty-five years of his See also:life in See also:charge of the See also:parish of Wytham, near Oxford
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He was likewise honorary See also:fellow of Worcester and Corpus Christi Colleges
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He died on the 8th of See also:July 1881
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