See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• HEBER, REGINALD (1783-1826)
• RICHARD HEBER (1773-1833)

HEBER (1773-1833)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• BOOK

book-See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector, the See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Reginald See also:

• HEBER, REGINALD (1783-1826)
• HEBER, RICHARD (1773-1833)

Heber, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 5th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1773 . As an undergraduate at Brasenose See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

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, he began to collect a purely classical library, but his See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste broadening, he became interested in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early English See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama and literature, and began his wonderful collection of rare books in these departments . He attended See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental book-sales, purchasing sometimes single volumes, sometimes whole See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, whose intimate friend he was, and who dedicated to him the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth See also:

• CANTO (from the Lat. cantus, a song)

canto of Marmion, classed Heber's library as " See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior to all others in the See also:

• WORLD

world "; See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell described him as " the fiercest and strongest of all the bibliomaniacs." He did not confine himself to the See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase of a single copy of a See also:

• WORK

work which:took his f ancy . "No See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman," he remarked, " can be without three copies of a book, one for show, one for use, and one for borrowers." To such a See also:

• SIZE

size did his library grow that it over-ran eight houses, some in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, some on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent . It is estimated to have cost over oo,000, and after his See also:

• DEATH

death the See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of that See also:

• PART

part of his collection stored in England realized more than £56,000 . He is known to have owned 15o,000 volumes, and probably many more . He possessed extensive landed See also:

• PROPERTY

property in See also:

• SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire and See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, and was See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of the former See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county in 1821, was member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament for Oxford University from 182x-1826, and in 1822 was made a D.C.L. of that University . He was one of the founders of the See also:

• ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, London . He died in London on the 4th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1833 .