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HEBER, RICHARD (1773-1833)

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HEBER, See also:RICHARD (1773-1833) , See also:English See also:book-See also:collector, the See also:half-See also:brother of Reginald Heber, was See also:born in See also:London on the 5th of See also:January 1773. As an undergraduate at Brasenose See also:College, See also:Oxford, he began to collect a purely classical library, but his See also:taste broadening, he became interested in See also:early English See also:drama and literature, and began his wonderful collection of rare books in these departments. He attended See also:continental book-sales, purchasing sometimes single volumes, sometimes whole See also:libraries. See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott, whose intimate friend he was, and who dedicated to him the See also:sixth See also:canto of Marmion, classed Heber's library as " See also:superior to all others in the See also:world "; See also:Campbell described him as " the fiercest and strongest of all the bibliomaniacs." He did not confine himself to the See also:purchase of a single copy of a See also:work which:took his f ancy. "No See also:gentleman," he remarked, " can be without three copies of a book, one for show, one for use, and one for borrowers." To such a See also:size did his library grow that it over-ran eight houses, some in See also:England, some on the See also:Continent. It is estimated to have cost over oo,000, and after his See also:death the See also:sale of that See also:part of his collection stored in England realized more than £56,000. He is known to have owned 15o,000 volumes, and probably many more. He possessed extensive landed See also:property in See also:Shropshire and See also:Yorkshire, and was See also:sheriff of the former See also:county in 1821, was member of See also:Parliament for Oxford University from 182x-1826, and in 1822 was made a D.C.L. of that University. He was one of the founders of the See also:Athenaeum See also:Club, London. He died in London on the 4th of See also:October 1833.

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