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1996 Death - John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, dies at 96

1995 Death - Stanley Oliphant Stewart, librarian, dies at 82

1995 Death - Francis Henry Smith, librarian, dies at 85

1995 Death - Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70

1995 Death - Helen Wallis, cartographer/Librarian, dies at 70

1994 Death - Herman W. "Fritz" Liebert, U.S. librarian/Yale-curator, dies at 83

1994 Death - Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85

1994 Death - Frank Singleton, librarian, dies at 67

1984 Death - Virginia Lacy Jones, U.S. librarian/presidents advisor, dies at 72

1953 Event - Congress cites research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving

1937 Death - Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian, dies at 75

1936 Death - Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian, dies at 71

1931 Birthday - Marylyn Roberts, librarian/founding member, WIC

1927 Birthday - Frank Singleton, librarian

1924 Birthday - Helen Wallis, cartographer/librarian

1924 Birthday - Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/orientalist

1921 Death - Willem P C Knuttel, Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at 67

1915 Birthday - David Jenklins, librarian, National Library of Wales

1913 Birthday - Stanley Oliphant Stewart, librarian

1913 Death - Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliographer, dies at 82

1912 Birthday - Virginia Lacy Jones, U.S. librarian/presidential advisor

1911 Birthday - Herman W. "Fritz" Liebert, U.S. OSSer/librarian, Yale curator

1909 Birthday - Donald John Urquhart, librarian

1909 Birthday - Francis Henry Smith, librarian

1902 Event - Arna W. Bontemps noted poet and librarian of Fisk University

1900 Birthday - John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, University of London

1898 Birthday - Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian

1897 Death - Antonius von der Linde, Netherlands/German librarian, dies at 63

1890 Death - Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71

1879 Death - Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies

1875 Birthday - Isadore Gilbert Mudge, U.S., librarian and author, Thackeray Dictionary

1865 Birthday - Samuel Pl'h Naber, Dutch rear-admiral/librarian

1861 Birthday - Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian

1854 Birthday - Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian

1838 Birthday - John Shaw Billings, U.S., librarian and army physician

1837 Birthday - Charles Ammi Cutter, U.S. librarian, Expansive classification

1833 Birthday - Antonius von der Linde, Netherlands/German librarian/chess player

1831 Birthday - Justin Winston, historian/librarian, Harvard

1830 Birthday - Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography

1819 Birthday - Johann A. H. Scheler, Belgian librarian

1806 Death - Johann C Adelung, German translator/librarian, dies at 74

1805 Death - Georg W. "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76

1802 Event - John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress

1797 Birthday - Anthony Panizzi, Librarian at British Museum

1785 Birthday - Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian, fairy tale collector

1732 Event - 1st U.S. professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia

1732 Birthday - Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian

1729 Birthday - Georg W. "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, Annales typographic

1689 Death - Isaacus Vossius, Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies

1653 Death - Gabriel Naude, French librarian/ composer, dies at 53

1600 Birthday - Gabriel Naude, France, librarian, Mazarin Library

1481 Death - Bartholomeus Platinum, Italian humanist/pontifical librarian, dies

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