| LC control no. | n 84160364 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bennett, Richard, 1849-1930 |
| Associated country | England |
| Located | Horwich (England) Southport (England) Manchester (England) Northampton (England) |
| Birth date | 1849 |
| Death date | 19300323 |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Book collecting |
| Profession or occupation | Book collectors |
| Found in | A Catalogue of the early printed books and illuminated manuscripts ... 1900: t.p. (Richard Bennett) Ricci, S. de. English collectors of books & manuscripts ... 1960: p. 172 (eccentric Manchester collector Richard Bennett; collected only mss. and incunabula; refused items over 13 in. in height; collection sold to J. Pierpont Morgan) National Museums Liverpool web site, December 30, 2015: dealers essay (Richard Bennett, b. 1849, was from Horwich, near Bolton, in Lancashire. Despite being a major collector of books and manuscripts, as well as Chinese porcelain, Bennett is somewhat an obscure figure. By 1881 he was living at Great Lever Hall and was owner or manager of John Smith Junior & Co., a bleaching and chemical manufacturing company in Great Lever. During 1890/91, Bennett moved to Southport and then to Manchester and by 1902 he was living at Thornby Hall in Northamptonshire, his residence when, in 1911, his collection was sold to William Hesketh Lever) Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, consulted Oct. 24, 2012 (Bennett Richard of South Down Hall Wimbledon, Surrey, died 23 March 1930 at 19 Manchester Street, St. Marylebone, Middlesex. Probate: London 12 May to Caroline Rebecca Bennett widow and Jeffrey Bennett and Humphrey Bennett of no occupation) |
| Associated language | eng |
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