Humphrey Wanley

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antiquary human librarian palaeographer

Humphrey Wanley was an English palaeographer, librarian, and antiquary renowned for his pioneering catalogues of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and his influential role in early 18th-century antiquarian scholarship.

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Label	Occurrences
Humfrey Wanley	1
Humphrey Wanley canonical	1

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	antiquary ⓘ human ⓘ librarian ⓘ palaeographer ⓘ
associatedWith	Anglo-Saxon manuscript scholarship ⓘ Harleian Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	Harleian Library manuscript catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
described	numerous Anglo-Saxon manuscripts in English collections ⓘ
employer	Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Anglo-Saxon studies ⓘ antiquarianism ⓘ manuscript studies ⓘ palaeography ⓘ
genre	manuscript catalogue ⓘ
hasNotableRole	key figure in early 18th-century English antiquarian circles ⓘ
influenced	British manuscript cataloguing practices ⓘ later Anglo-Saxon scholarship ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to early 18th-century antiquarian scholarship ⓘ pioneering catalogues of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	early modern antiquarianism ⓘ
name	Humphrey Wanley NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	English ⓘ
notableWork	Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ Librorum Veterum Septentrionalium, qui in Angliae Bibliothecis Extant, Catalogus NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	antiquary ⓘ librarian ⓘ palaeographer ⓘ
participantIn	development of the Harleian Library ⓘ
positionHeld	librarian to the Harleian Library ⓘ
studied	Old English manuscripts ⓘ medieval Latin manuscripts ⓘ
timePeriod	early 18th century ⓘ
workLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London

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Society of Antiquaries of London → foundedBy → Humphrey Wanley ⓘ

Cotton Library → hasNotableCurator → Humphrey Wanley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Humfrey Wanley