Project Gutenberg 2022-02-17 Public domain in the USA. 237 Edwards, Edward 1812 1886 Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 1 of 2 With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870. $aUnited Kingdom :$bTrübner and Co.,$c1870. Richard Tonsing, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, Part 1 of 2" by Edward Edwards is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the lives and contributions of the individuals who played pivotal roles in establishing the British Museum from 1570 to 1870, highlighting both renowned and lesser-known benefactors. Through detailed narratives, the book aims to illustrate the collective efforts that shaped this significant national institution. The opening of the book provides a rich contextual framework for understanding the origins of the British Museum. It emphasizes that the museum's foundation was primarily built on the generosity of private collectors like Sir Robert Cotton and William Courten rather than government initiatives. The introduction outlines significant contributions made by these early collectors, alongside their motivations driven by a sense of duty to future generations. Edwards sets the stage for a biographical exploration of the prominent figures whose legacies are interwoven with the museum's development, beginning with a tribute to Cotton and his substantial library, which laid the groundwork for the national repository of knowledge. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/livesoffounderso01edwa 20181017223943edwards 1870 GB Reading ease score: 59.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en British Museum Book collectors -- Great Britain Z Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Modern (1750+) 1007953 2025-07-26T13:39:09.839083 text/html 989629 2024-10-18T19:18:50 text/html 1206405 2025-07-26T13:39:27.072970 application/epub+zip 1225959 2025-07-26T13:39:13.328029 application/epub+zip 426455 2025-07-26T13:39:11.536092 application/epub+zip 1883640 2025-07-26T13:39:35.459002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1855883 2025-07-26T13:39:25.481990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 658388 2022-09-30T09:58:44.400263 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 813750 2025-07-26T13:39:07.208062 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 793642 2024-10-18T19:18:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17427 2025-07-26T13:39:35.659946 application/rdf+xml 15565 2025-07-26T13:39:11.731105 image/jpeg 1994 2025-07-26T13:39:11.635047 image/jpeg 1172911 2025-07-26T13:39:09.933048 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia