William Dunn Macray

William Dunn Macray
William Dunn Macray
Born	1826; England
Died	1916 (aged 89–90); England
Occupation	Librarian, cleric, historian
Language	English
Genre	History

William Dunn Macray (1826–1916) was an English librarian, cleric and historian.

Macray was ordained and graduated MA. He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and worked at the Bodleian Library from 1845 to 1905.[1] He received the degree Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) honoris causa from the University of Oxford in June 1902.[2]

He is best known for his Annals of the Bodleian Library (1868), an institutional history of the library;[3] a second edition was published in 1890.[4]

Notes

Clapinson, Mary. "Macray, William Dunn". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38395. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
"University intelligence". The Times (36805). London. 27 June 1902. p. 10.
Macray, W. D. (1868). Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598 – A.D. 1867.
"Review of Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford by the Rev. W. D. Macray, 2nd edition, 1890". The Quarterly Review. 173: 320–332. October 1891.

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[1] Clapinson, Mary. "Macray, William Dunn". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38395. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[2] "University intelligence". The Times (36805). London. 27 June 1902. p. 10.

[3] Macray, W. D. (1868). Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598 – A.D. 1867.

[4] "Review of Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford by the Rev. W. D. Macray, 2nd edition, 1890". The Quarterly Review. 173: 320–332. October 1891.