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    OBITXJAKY. The Rev. Henry Octavius Coxe,...

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    July 15 , 1881 ; The Publishers * Circular 549

    Obitxjaky. The Rev. Henry Octavius Coxe,...

    OBITXJAKY . The Rev . Henry Octavius Coxe , M . A ., Bodley ' s Librarian , died at Oxford on the 8 th

    was inst where wlipre . born , at he ne his was was in the hous a a contemporary con year e tenrnorarv in 1811 St . , Giles was ot of the the ' educated s Road late late Dean Dean , in at the Westminster ot of York Y seventieth ork . . He Me and ye tooK took ar at of tne the Worce his B Jts . . A A ster age . . degree decree . College Mr in in . Coxe 1833 loo , Oxford o , . who and and ,

    entered at once upon work in the MS . department at the library of the British Museum . , His the work Bodleian at the Museum Library continued ; he succeeded till 1838 the , late in which Dr . Bandinel year he became as Head one Librarian of the sub in -librarians 1860 . Mr of .

    Cox of the e , besides ablest paleograp having a hists large of and the miscellaneous day . He was knowled sent out ge of by the Sir literature G . C . Lewis of book on the s , was part one of

    the work Government ^^ a was cut short ¦ * to b inspect mi y a fever ¦ m the ^ b libraries ^ efore m ^ m he in a could . the visit monasteries Mount ** Athos of rffe the * ^ M or Levant ^ m ^ Thessal a , and y , his althoug ^ > ^ report h ^ his mi on mi

    the finall Greek settled manuscri the valu pts e yet and remaining character in of the the Levant actual , thoug remains h it in broug the ht districts to light visited no new b author him , . y y

    He by « P him was of an one authority of the forgerie on the date s palmed XT and character by mf M . Simonide of a manuscri s upon 1 ., pt the . learned The story world of is the well detection known .

    Mr edited . Coxe the was Chronicles the editor of Roger and author of Wendover of many in works 1841 , , all the bearing Metrical on Life his own of Edward department the . Black He Princeby Chandos Herald 1842 and Gower ' s * "Vox Clamantis / in 1850 as well as a facsimile

    of He ^ k th > mt was e B , m ^^^ . author od l eia fl n of manuscr various i pt catalogues , of the . ^ b , A pocal —that ^ k ypse of , the the . ^ k manuscri three — ^ b ¦ latter ^ a — - pts w of orks the ^ h for ^ k college , the * ^ b Roxburghe o ^^ p ^ h ~ libraries ^ h ^^ , of Club ^ . ^^ ^^ the ^ .

    Grreek manuscripts in the Bodleian ; of the Laud and the Canonici collections . Many other superintendence catalogues , as of ; the but Tanner the greatest , How , work Anson achieved , and other under collections his direction , were has edit been ed under the new his

    literary catalogue work of , the Mr . Bodleian Coxe comb Library ined throug , containing hout his upwards life active of 720 cleri volumes cal labours . But . He with was all curate this in a London % district mirnb «/ while working ¦ at « W the /« ft ^^^ Museum i 1 and he was in jfc charge akKBmk of h Wythamnear

    Oxford —~ - ™ — 3 —^ wheth - ^~ - ^ - ^ ^<» ^^ er ^^^ ^«^¦ ^ as ^^ v curat * T f 1 , yr e V or ^ ¦¦> " ~ rector ~ - - »^» ^ *^ , for twenty . ^ b . ^« p ^ ^^ ~ - ~ - five , a ^ ry ^ jfc ^ a * t years ^ b ^ ^^ , V and V «^ -r ^ ^ until ^*« the -w v day ' ¦• ' of his « vva * a death , b — mh W ^»^ l » . jp Fellow He eilow was ot of Oxford Worcester Worcester select and and preacher Corpus Cormi in s Uhristi Chriati 1842 , and Colleges Colleeres Whitehall . ot of which which preache latter latter r in 1868 bociet Societv . y He he he was was was an chaplain char Honorary ) lain till till

    the closing years of his life . Mr . Coxe will be , buried at Wytham . The funeral will take place of Bodleian at ViWU 4 p . m Lib . on rarian Tuesday is in . the The ift Bodleian of the \\ Library Curator / Ul w subj ill be ect closed to / the that approval afternoon of \ Convocation . // The office 1

    and is endowed * M-MK . MJL with IMX . AlVJLJ an . J . » J annual JLJ . JL VUV / sti g glJ pend . V V ^ JL of JAM . £ 1 , 000 UVVX per , l DUVIVVV annum . Mr VUV . Coxe % JV £ S * JM . *^ r leaves W * MM SJ . a XV widow U t VUWVJIVJ and , > Bishop a son and of a Lincoln daughter . , the latter of whom married the Rev . J . Wordsworth , M . A ., son of the

    Lord Hatherley , whose death even at the good old age of fourscore years can only be r the egarded sent as Lord a grea Chancellor t loss to the nation not whic worih h he had served tributions so long to literature and so well althousrh , had no he t , ha like d

    i * n ue earlier present pre years JLord been Chancellor so far successfu , , mad made e any anv l with noteworthy ^ his pen v contributions con as to secure to fro literature m competent , , although judges , he had y , co nsiderable encouragementShortlbefore his call to the Bar in 1834 MrWood went again

    foment to Italy , w into here journalism he was int by rod . u a letter to y C published ardinal Mezzofa in the nti Times , the f linguist after the , and Battle . he . v ^ entere of ¦ Navarino imi d for i a

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    -„ -ne death ot of J John ohn A A . . A A ppleton r » T * l « t < Yn , Esq "Ran . ., , of of the f . lift well wpill- - known known American Amftrican brcn firm ot of JD D . . Appleton Anoleton ounder ^ o ., is of reported the house by , Daniel ble as A occu ppleton rring Jul Esq y ., and 13 . h Mr as . long App b l eton was mem one ber of t f th sons e firm of , t his he ^ p artment ui beinthat tnat concerned , with financial arrancementshad been oeeii long

    but i " was 1 - « . « usuall —~ . residing « ueiju * u ... y jr g g found » . vtj . jmj in a especially especially xxi in pleasan his sixo p jjxuiVU lace t concerned country o at > ii the iiiiu house counting uwunuug witn . on nnanciai - - St i room vuai aten arrangemenis ihj not Island i < withstanding wiiiiia , not a * . . . far xjiji He xxe . . ^ from He jljlo nau was n New € » o known mkamwi York tuiig am ,

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1881, page 549, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071881/page/5/