Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Humphrey Chetham
Standard Name: Chetham, Humphrey
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Before 20 September 1653: Humphrey Chetham planned the organisation...
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Before 20 September 1653
Humphrey Chetham
planned the organisation which, after his death on this date, opened as the first public library in the modern world: Chetham's Library
in Manchester (sometimes known as Cheetham's
).
“Chetham’s Library: a brief history and illustrated tour”. Chetham’s Library.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
August 1850: The Public Libraries Act, which provided...
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August 1850
The Public Libraries Act, which provided for government-funded libraries, was given royal assent.
Altick, Richard D. The English Common Reader. 2nd ed., Ohio State University Press, 1998.
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Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
31
Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. Croom Helm, 1988.
154
Black, Alistair. “Lost Worlds of Culture: Victorian Libraries, Library History and Prospects for a History of Information”. Journal of Victorian Culture, Vol.
2
, No. 1, 1997.
99, 110
Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
