| |  | Dr. Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach (July 22, 1876 - July 1, 1952, in Philadelphia) was an avid collector and scholar of U.S. books and manuscripts.... |  | Samuel Pepys, FRS (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his di... |  | Hubert Howe Bancroft (May 5, 1832-1918), an American historian and ethnologist, was born in Granville, Ohio. He attended the Granville Academy... |  | Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 - December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician. He has been called one of the greatest icons of modern... |  | Albin Schram (1926-2005) was one of the greatest collectors of autograph letters by shapers of world history. He was born in Prague to Austrian... |  | Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (March 25, 1887 in Cambridge - July 5, 1982, in Cambridge) was an English surgeon, physician, scholar and bibliophile.... |  | Henry II, King of France (French: "Henri II") (March 31 1519 - July 10 1559), a member of the House of Valois, and the son and successor of Francis... |  | Harry Elkins Widener (January 3, 1885 - April 15, 1912) was a businessman and book collector from the United States. Born in Philadelphia,... |  | John Evelyn was an English writer, gardener and diarist. Evelyn's diaries are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the... |  | Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (January 22 1570/1-May 6 1631) was an English politician, founder of the famous Cotton library. He was of... | |
