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Richard De Bury


 

Richard De Bury (1281 - 1345), son of Sir Richard Aungerville, born at Bury St. Edmunds, studied at Oxford, and Benedictine monk, became tutor to Edward III. when Prince of Wales, and Bishop of Durham, and held many offices of State. He was a patron of learning, and one of the first English collectors of books, and he wrote his work, Philobiblon, in praise of books, and founded a library at Durham.

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1281 - 1345 - Edward III - Philobiblon

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