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JAMES, THOMAS (c. 15731629)

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 144 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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JAMES, THOMAS (c. 15731629) ,

English

ENGLISH

librarian, was born at

Newport

NEWPORT

, Isle of Wight. He was educated at Winchester and New College,

Oxford

, and became a fellow of New College in 1593. His wide knowledge of books, together with his skill in deciphering manuscripts and detecting literary forgeries, secured him in 1602 the post of librarian to the library founded in that year by Sir

Thomas

Bodley at

Oxford

. At the same time he was made

rector

RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, "
rule
- RULE
")

of St Aldate's, Oxford. In 16o5 he compiled a classified catalogue of the books in the Bodleian Library, but in 162o substituted for it an alphabetical catalogue. The arrangement in redo, whereby the Stationers' Company undertook to

supply

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

the Bodleian Library with every book published, was James's

suggestion

SUGGESTION

. Ill

health

HEALTH

compelled him to resign his post in 162o, and he died at Oxford in August 1629.

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