Papers of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney comprising papers relating to Egyptology, Greek and Latin papyri, and miscellanea.
Dates
- Creation: 1864-1904
Extent
0.33 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. c. 740].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. c. 740-742
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13417
Abstract
Papers of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney
Biographical / Historical
William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst (1835-1909), 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, was a collector of rare books, manuscripts, tapestries, antique furniture, and other works of art for more than fifty years. In 1906 Lord Amherst sold a portion of his library. See the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography for further details.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought at Sotheby's, 15 Dec 1980, lot 162 (see also lot 158, letters from Howard Carter and Flinders Petrie, and 211, booksellers accounts and receipts, not bought).
Bibliography
- P.E. Newberry The Amherst Papyri: being an account of the Egyptian papyri in the collection of the Right Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney, F.S.A. at Didlington Hall, Norfolk, (London: 1899);
- B.P. Grenfell and A.S. Hunt (eds.) The Amherst papyri : being an account of the Greek papyri in the collection of the Right Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney, at Didlington Hall, Norfolk, (London 1900-1).
Subject
- Amherst | Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen- | 1857-1919 | Baroness Amherst of Hackney (Person)
- Amherst | William Amhurst Tyssen- | 1835-1909 | 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney | bibliophile (Person)
- Bradley | George Granville | 1821-1903 | Dean of Westminster (Person)
- Cecil | Lord | William | 1854-1953 | Colonel (Person)
- Frowde | Henry | 1841-1927 | publisher (Person)
- Grenfell | Bernard Pyne | 1869-1926 | papyrologist (Person)
- Hart | Horace Henry | 1840-1916 | printer to the University of Oxford (Person)
- Newberry | Percy Edward | 1869-1949 | archaeologist (Person)
- Oxford University Press, publishers (Organisation)
- Title
- Papers of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Susan Thomas; EAD Version 2021 by Catherine McIlwaine
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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