Biography
Sir Henry Ellis (1777-1869) was born in London on 29 Nov. 1777, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School. He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, in 1796, where he later held a fellowship until 1805. In 1798 he was appointed one of the two assistants in the Bodleian Library, and in 1800 became a temporary assistant in the library of the British Museum. He took the degree of B.C.L. in 1802, and in 1805 became the museum's assistant-keeper of printed books, and in 1806 the head of the department. He began on the reconstruction of the library's printed catalogue in March 1807, in collaboration with his assistant the Revd H.H. Barber, and continued to attend to the catalogue after his transfer to the department of manuscripts in 1812. The catalogue was completed in December 1819. In 1814 Ellis obtained the office of secretary of the museum, and in the same year became secretary of the Society of Antiquaries. His catalogue of the society's manuscripts was published in 1816, and in the same year he edited the 'Additamenta' to Domesday Book. In 1827 he became the museum's principal librarian. Ellis remained in the post until his retirement in February 1856. Between 1853 and 1857 he was director of the Society of Antiquaries. He died at his home in Bedford Square on 15 June 1869.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8203/A/23
Scope and Contents
From the File:
These were found mainly in envelopes bearing biographical information provided by Munby.
Dates:
17 Feb 1847
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8203/A/26
Scope and Contents
From the File:
These were found mainly in envelopes bearing biographical information provided by Munby.
Dates:
20 Sep 1857
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8203/A/22
Scope and Contents
From the File:
These were found mainly in envelopes bearing biographical information provided by Munby.
Dates:
11 Dec 1843
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8203/A/25
Scope and Contents
From the File:
These were found mainly in envelopes bearing biographical information provided by Munby.
Dates:
5 Apr 1849
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8203/A/24
Scope and Contents
From the File:
These were found mainly in envelopes bearing biographical information provided by Munby.
Dates:
27 Feb 1848
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8203/A/20
Scope and Contents
with envelope (addressed to Robert Ray, Montague Place)
Dates:
18 Mar 1828
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8203/A/21
Scope and Contents
From the File:
These were found mainly in envelopes bearing biographical information provided by Munby.
Dates:
10 Oct 1832 (circa. Corner of letter torn off through year])
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4479-4481, 6921, 6922
Scope and Contents
Notes on Anglo-Saxon scholars and literature
Dates:
1798-1830 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6869
Dates:
1820-1834
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8203/A/28
Scope and Contents
From the File:
These were found mainly in envelopes bearing biographical information provided by Munby.
Dates:
1800-1856 (circa. pencil note: circa 1825)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8203/A/27
Scope and Contents
From the File:
These were found mainly in envelopes bearing biographical information provided by Munby.
Dates:
27 Apr 1868
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).