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THOMAS JAMES (c. 1573–1629)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 144 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS See also:JAMES (c. 1573–1629)  , See also:English librarian, was See also:born at See also:Newport, Isle of See also:Wight . He was educated at See also:Winchester and New See also:College, See also:Oxford, and became a See also:fellow of New College in 1593 . His wide knowledge of books, together with his skill in deciphering See also:manuscripts and detecting See also:literary forgeries, secured him in 1602 the See also:post of librarian to the library founded in that See also:year by See also:Sir See also:Thomas See also:Bodley at Oxford . At the same See also:time he was made See also:rector of St Aldate's, Oxford . In 16o5 he compiled a classified See also:catalogue of the books in the Bodleian Library, but in 162o substituted for it an alphabetical catalogue . The arrangement in redo, whereby the Stationers' See also:Company undertook to See also:supply the Bodleian Library with every See also:book published, was See also:James's See also:suggestion . See also:Ill See also:health compelled him to resign his post in 162o, and he died at Oxford in See also:August 1629 .

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