Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles
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| Founded | 1950 (restored 2008) |
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Society officers, Trinity Term Trinity term Trinity term is the name of the third and final term of Oxford University's and the University of Dublin's academic year. It runs from about mid April to about the end of June and is named after Trinity Sunday, which falls eight weeks after Easter, in May or June.At the University of Sydney, it was... 2011 |
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| Honorary President | Colin Franklin Colin Franklin (writer and bibliographer) Colin Ellis Franklin, MA, FSA is an English writer, bibliographer, book-collector and antiquarian bookseller. Franklin was born in Notting Hill, London into an affluent and influential British Jewish family. His father was Ellis Arthur Franklin , a London merchant banker and his mother was Muriel... |
| Honorary Vice-President | Paul W Nash, Bodleian Library Bodleian Library The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library... |
| President | Lucy Fisher, University University College, Oxford .University College , is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2009 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £110m... |
| Vice-President | Mark Scott, Mansfield Mansfield College, Oxford Mansfield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Of the colleges that accept both undergraduate and graduate students Mansfield College is one of the smallest, comprising approximately 210 undergraduates, 130 graduates, 35 visiting students and 50... |
| Secretary | Marco Paoletti, St John's St John's College, Oxford __FORCETOC__St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, one of the larger Oxford colleges with approximately 390 undergraduates, 200 postgraduates and over 100 academic staff. It was founded by Sir Thomas White, a merchant, in 1555, whose heart is buried in the chapel of... |
| Treasurer | Kelsey Jackson Williams, Balliol Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections.... |
| Senior Committee | Jonathan Cooper, Nicholas Cronk, Cristina Dondi, Ian Maclean, Giles Mandelbrote, Richard Ovenden Richard Ovenden Richard Ovenden is a librarian and author of John Thomson : photographer , a major study of the Scottish photographer. Ovenden was educated at Sir Roger Manwood's School, Kent and at St Chad's College, Durham University, graduating in 1985... , William Poole, Julia Walworth, Nigel Wilson. |
| Junior Committee | Richard Foster, William Kelley, Enrico Emanuele Prodi |
The Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles is a book collecting
Book collecting
Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given individual collector. The love of books is bibliophilia, and someone who loves to read, admire, and collect...
and bibliophile
Bibliophilia
Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books. Accordingly a bibliophile is an individual who loves books. A bookworm is someone who loves books for their content, or who otherwise loves reading. The -ia-suffixed form "bibliophilia" is sometimes considered to be an incorrect usage; the older...
club run by, and primarily for, students at Oxford University. It was founded in 1950 by a group of young bibliophiles headed by John Granger, Bent Juel-Jensen and R. John Rickett, and the first meeting was held in Hilary Term of 1951. For fifty years the Society held regular lectures, visits and other events during the University terms, and many of the leading bibliographers
Bibliography
Bibliography , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology...
, librarians, book collectors, booksellers and other literary figures of the period spoke to the Society or hosted visits. Many of the Society's junior members went on to become prominent figures in the world of books, and some later served as senior members of the Society. One of the most influential members was John Sparrow, Warden of All Souls, who encouraged a love of books and manuscripts in a generation of students, and hosted a termly "Warden's Meeting" at which members were encouraged to bring items from their own libraries to pass round and say a few words about; the tradition of the "Warden's Meeting" continued after 1986, when the Warden himself was too ill to host the meetings and, indeed, after his death in 1992. Another of the Society's traditions was the quality of the termly programme cards, often produced by the leading printers and private presses of the age, including the Oxford
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
and Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
University Presses, the Rampant Lions Press
Rampant Lions Press
The Rampant Lions Press was a fine letterpress printing firm founded by Will Carter and continued by his son Sebastian . It started life as a private press in 1924, when Will was still a schoolboy. After the war, his interest in printing was such that he decided to try to establish the Press on a...
, the Samson Press
Samson Press
The Samson Press was a small letterpress printing business or private press run by Joan Mary Shelmerdine and Flora Margaret Grierson . They began printing in 1930, at a cottage in Stuart Road, Warlingham in Surrey, and produced a number of small books and a good deal of ephemera before the Press...
, the Fantasy Press, the Kit-Cat Press, the Perpetua Press, the Incline Press, the Whittington Press, the Libanus Press, the Rocket Press, the Stanbrook Abbey
Stanbrook Abbey
Stanbrook Abbey is an abbey built as a contemplative house for Benedictine nuns. It was founded in 1625 in Cambrai, Flanders, then part of the Spanish Netherlands, under the auspices of the English Benedictine Congregation.-History:...
Press and the Stamperia Valdonega
Officina Bodoni
The Officina Bodoni was a private press operated by Giovanni Mardersteig from 1922. It was named after the great eighteenth-century Italian typographer Giambattista Bodoni...
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After a period of difficulties and disrupted activities in the last decade of the twentieth century, the Society closed in 2000, when interest among the students had declined so far that a junior committee could no longer be formed. However, due to the efforts of a new generation of Oxford students led by Geri Della Rocca de Candal, Enrico Emanuele Prodi and Matthew Cheung Salisbury, aided by Cristina Dondi, Richard Ovenden
Richard Ovenden
Richard Ovenden is a librarian and author of John Thomson : photographer , a major study of the Scottish photographer. Ovenden was educated at Sir Roger Manwood's School, Kent and at St Chad's College, Durham University, graduating in 1985...
and a few surviving members of the former Society (notably Colin Franklin
Colin Franklin (writer and bibliographer)
Colin Ellis Franklin, MA, FSA is an English writer, bibliographer, book-collector and antiquarian bookseller. Franklin was born in Notting Hill, London into an affluent and influential British Jewish family. His father was Ellis Arthur Franklin , a London merchant banker and his mother was Muriel...
and Paul W. Nash), the Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles was refounded in Trinity term
Trinity term
Trinity term is the name of the third and final term of Oxford University's and the University of Dublin's academic year. It runs from about mid April to about the end of June and is named after Trinity Sunday, which falls eight weeks after Easter, in May or June.At the University of Sydney, it was...
2008 and became fully active in Michaelmas term
Michaelmas term
Michaelmas term is the first academic term of the academic years of the following British and Irish universities:*University of Cambridge*University of Oxford*University of St...
in the same year. The first termcard for the new Society was printed by the Rampant Lions Press (and was among the last jobs printed by Sebastian Carter).
The Society's device, shown opposite, was designed by Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey (lettering artist)
Michael Harvey MBE is an English lettering artist, teacher and writer specialising in typography, calligraphy, drawing, type design and letter carving. His work appears in many English cathedrals and on the National Gallery, London....
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Presidents of the revived Society [2008-present]
- M 2008 to T 2009 - Geri Della Rocca de Candal, Univ
- M 2009 - William Kelley, St. John's
- H 2010 - Richard Foster, Corpus Christi
- T 2010 - Enrico Emanuele Prodi, Merton
- M 2010 - Mark Scott, Mansfield
- H 2011 - Marco Paoletti, St. John's
- T 2011 - Lucy Fisher, Univ
- M 2011 - Kelsey Jackson Williams, Balliol
- H 2012 - Jan Willem Scholten, Corpus Christi
- T 2012 - Juliet Wesley, Somerville
Presidents of the former Society [1951-2000]
- J.S. Granger, JesusJesus College, OxfordJesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...
- HilaryHilary termHilary Term is the second academic term of Oxford University's academic year. It runs from January to March and is so named because the feast day of St Hilary of Poitiers, 14 January, falls during this term...
1951 - R.J. Rickett, NewNew College, OxfordNew College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The College's official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always...
- TrinityTrinity termTrinity term is the name of the third and final term of Oxford University's and the University of Dublin's academic year. It runs from about mid April to about the end of June and is named after Trinity Sunday, which falls eight weeks after Easter, in May or June.At the University of Sydney, it was...
1951 - C.L.M. Johnson, MagdalenMagdalen College, OxfordMagdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
- MichaelmasMichaelmas termMichaelmas term is the first academic term of the academic years of the following British and Irish universities:*University of Cambridge*University of Oxford*University of St...
1951 - Bent E. Juel-Jensen, New - Hilary 1952
- D.G. Neill, New - Trinity and Michaelmas 1952
- B.E. Juel-Jensen, New - Hilary and Trinity 1953
- J.B. Cameron, New - Michaelmas 1953 to Michaelmas 1954
- C.M. Lawson, New - Hilary and Trinity 1955
- P.G. Tudor, St Edmund HallSt Edmund Hall, OxfordSt Edmund Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Better known within the University by its nickname, "Teddy Hall", the college has a claim to being "the oldest academical society for the education of undergraduates in any university"...
- Michaelmas 1955 - N.D. Ing, BalliolBalliol College, OxfordBalliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
- Hilary 1956 - A.J. Percival, WadhamWadham College, OxfordWadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, located at the southern end of Parks Road in central Oxford. It was founded by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, wealthy Somerset landowners, during the reign of King James I...
- Trinity 1956 - N.D. Ing, Balliol - Michaelmas 1956 and Hilary 1957
- P.R. Glazebrook, PembrokePembroke College, OxfordPembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located in Pembroke Square. As of 2009, Pembroke had an estimated financial endowment of £44.9 million.-History:...
- Trinity 1957 to Hilary 1958 - R.D. Mann, New - Trinity 1958 to Hilary 1959
- K.J. Wills, Pembroke - Trinity 1959
- D.P. Walley, MertonMerton College, OxfordMerton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to...
- Michaelmas 1959 to Trinity 1960 - J.A. Adye, LincolnLincoln College, OxfordLincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...
- Michaelmas 1960 and Hilary 1961 - S.J. Nuttall, St John'sSt John's College, Oxford__FORCETOC__St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, one of the larger Oxford colleges with approximately 390 undergraduates, 200 postgraduates and over 100 academic staff. It was founded by Sir Thomas White, a merchant, in 1555, whose heart is buried in the chapel of...
- Trinity 1961 to Hilary 1962 - N.G. Prowse, Lincoln - Trinity 1962
- T.S. Meakin, UniversityUniversity College, Oxford.University College , is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2009 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £110m...
- Michaelmas 1962 and Hilary 1963 - P.D. Grinke, New - Trinity 1963 to Hilary 1964
- C.L. Oastler, University - Trinity 1964
- A.P.W. Rodgers, Merton - Michaelmas 1964 to Trinity 1966
- G. Wheatcroft, New - Michaelmas 1966 to Trinity 1967
- W.H. Kelliher, St John's - Michaelmas 1967 to Trinity 1968
- G. Stevens Cox, St John's - Michaelmas 1968 and Hilary 1969
- D.J. Edmonds, St John's - Trinity and Michaelmas 1969
- J.R. Feisenberger, Wadham - Hilary to Michaelmas 1970
- R.H. Davies, MansfieldMansfield College, OxfordMansfield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Of the colleges that accept both undergraduate and graduate students Mansfield College is one of the smallest, comprising approximately 210 undergraduates, 130 graduates, 35 visiting students and 50...
then St Stephen's HouseSt Stephen's House, OxfordSt Stephen’s House, Oxford , is an Anglican theological college and one of six religious Permanent Private Halls of the University of Oxford, England...
- Hilary 1971 to Hilary 1972 - D.J. Miller, Magdalen - Trinity 1972 to Trinity 1973
- N. Trent, Balliol - Michaelmas 1973 to Michaelmas 1974
- Christopher F.R. De Hamel, New - Hilary and Trinity 1975
- N.W.N. Jones, University - Michaelmas 1975 to Trinity 1976
- A.C.R. Davis, Worcester - Michaelmas 1976 to Trinity 1977
- Evan Davies, LinacreLinacre College, OxfordLinacre College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the UK, currently offering graduate entry only. It is located on St Cross Road at the corner of St Cross Road and South Parks Road, next to the University Parks and opposite the Tinbergen Building, which is shared by...
- Michaelmas 1977 to Trinity 1978 - K.E.B. Parkes, Merton - Michaelmas 1978 to Michaelmas 1979
- E.M. Green, Queen's - Hilary and Trinity 1980
- M.A. Littlewood, Lincoln - Michaelmas 1980 and Hilary 1981
- Anthony Cleaver, Queen's - Trinity and Michaelmas 1981
- Giles H. Mandelbrote, St John's - Hilary and Trinity 1982
- P.A. Neville, SomervilleSomerville College, OxfordSomerville College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and was one of the first women's colleges to be founded there...
- Michaelmas 1982 to Trinity 1983 - L.A. Alston, BrasenoseBrasenose College, OxfordBrasenose College, originally Brazen Nose College , is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. As of 2006, it has an estimated financial endowment of £98m...
- Michaelmas 1983 and Hilary 1984 - Justin Howes, Christ ChurchChrist Church, OxfordChrist Church or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England...
- Trinity 1984 - C.J. Collins, St Anne's - Michaelmas 1984
- T.N. Stokes, Lady Margaret HallLady Margaret Hall, OxfordLady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located at the end of Norham Gardens in north Oxford. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £34m....
- Hilary and Trinity 1985 - A.E.M. Shell, St Hilda'sSt Hilda's College, OxfordSt Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.The college was founded in 1893 as a hall for women, and remained an all-women's college until 2006....
- Michaelmas 1985 to Trinity 1986 - H.M. Gould, Regent's ParkRegent's Park College, OxfordRegent's Park College is a Permanent Private Hall in the University of Oxford, situated in central Oxford, just off St Giles.The College admits both undergraduate and graduate students to take Oxford degrees in a variety of Arts, Humanities and Social Science subjects...
- Michaelmas 1986 - Christopher Shell, Balliol - Hilary 1987
- Michael Winship, Pembroke - Trinity 1987
- Simon Pulleyn, Balliol - Michaelmas 1987 to Trinity 1988
- Scott Mandelbrote, St John's - Michaelmas 1988 to Michaelmas 1989
- Adam Brown, Balliol - Hilary to Michaelmas 1990
- Neill Walker, Balliol - Hilary 1991 to Hilary 1992
- Paul W. Nash, Bodleian LibraryBodleian LibraryThe Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
- Trinity and Michaelmas 1993 - Ben Fender, Balliol - Trinity 1994 to Trinity 1995
- K.E. Macnab, Pusey House - Michaelmas 1995 to Hilary 1998
- Thomas V. Drastik, St Edmund Hall - Trinity 1998
- Will Eckhert, TrinityTrinity College, OxfordThe College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...
- Michaelmas 1998 to Trinity 2000