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111Bernard Amtmann — (1907 ndash;1979), antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer, publisher and founder of Montreal Book Auctions in 1967 and the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of Canada in 1966, was born in Vienna, Austria in 1907. Amtmann immigrated to Canada in …
112Laurence Nowell — Two sixteenth century English cousins, one an antiquarian and the other a churchman, were named Laurence Nowell. Their biographies have been confused since the seventeenth century.AntiquarianLaurence (or Lawrence) Nowell (c. 1515 ndash; c. 1571)… …
113Thomas Pettigrew — Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (1791–1865), sometimes known as Mummy Pettigrew, was a surgeon and antiquarian who became an expert on Ancient Egyptian mummies. He became well known in London social circles for his private parties in which he unrolled… …
114Philipp von Stosch — Baron Philipp von Stosch (22 March 1691 ndash; 7 November 1757) was a Prussian antiquarian who lived in Rome and Florence.Stosch was born in Küstrin in the Neumark region of Brandenburg. In 1709, with the blessings of his father, a successful… …
115Charles-Alexis-Adrien Duhérissier de Gerville — (Gerville la Forêt (Manche) 19 September 1769 Valognes (Manche) 26 July 1853) was a scholarly French antiquarian, historian and naturalist, from an aristocratic family of Normandy.[1] His earliest concerns were with natural history and botany and …
116Combinatorial method (linguistics) — For other uses of combinatorial methods, see combinatorial method (disambiguation). The combinatorial method is used to study texts which are written in an unknown language, and to study the language itself, where the unknown language has no… …
117Ralph Bigland — (29 January 1712 ndash;27 March 1784) was an English officer of arms and cheesemaker. He was born at Stepney, Middlesex, and was the only son of Richard Bigland and his wife, Mary. His father was a native of Westmorland, descended from the… …
118O. F. Snelling — O. F. (Oswald Frederick) Snelling Born 30 December 1916(1916 12 30) London, England Died 6 November 2001(2001 11 06) Occupation Author/Antiquarian Nationality …
119John Holmes Jenkins — John Homes Jenkins III (1940 ndash;1989) was an American historian, antiquarian bookseller, and publisher. Jenkins published his first book Recollections of Early Texas History the year he graduated from high school. He went on to become a well… …
120Americana exchange — Infobox Company company name = Americana Exchange company type = Private company slogan = foundation = 2002 location = San Francisco, California key people = Bruce McKinney, CEO num employees = industry = Retail (Specialty) products = rare books …
