Henry Hervey Baber

(1775-1869)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Baber, Henry Hervey, 1775-1869 NRA: Baber, Henry Harvey (1775-1869) Philologist DNB: Baber, Henry Hervey (bap. 1775, d. 1869), librarian LBT ID: HeBaber1869 VIAF ID: 74592667 LOC ID: no2005060525	B/BAP: 1775-08-22 DIED: 1869-03-28
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at St. Paul's Schools and All Souls, Oxford, in 1807 he succeeded Henry Ellis as keeper of printed books at the British Museum and held the post until 1837.
REFERENCES TO Henry Hervey Baber: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 10: The R.S.L. Found 3: ¶ 19 ¶ 21 ¶ 24 Ch. 11: The R.S.L. Found 2: ¶ 5 ¶ 18 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter IV. 1838-41. Found 1: ¶ 18