Gustave David (1860–1936): the Cambridge bookseller
Cambridge has a long history of bookselling, stretching back well before the advent of printing into the mists of medieval time. Books were first printed […]
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Training of Electrical Engineers – how it was done in 1894
A very interesting process called electrification occurred in Britain and other countries from mid-1880 until around 1950. This process included the changeover from line shafts […]
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John Fisher (ca 1469-1535), martyr (and archivist)
John Fisher’s principled opposition to Henry VIII’s divorce from Katherine of Aragon resulted in his conviction for treason and execution in 1535. Everyone remembers the […]
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Martin Bucer and the Reformation in Cambridge
Between 17th and 19th March, a number of Cambridge librarians – along with a host of academics – spent a happy time in the Parker […]
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‘That noble cabinet’: the British Museum and its links with Cambridge
This week is Museum Week, which seems like an excellent occasion to look at books in the University Library with connections to our national museum […]
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A binding for the organist John Bull (1562/3-1628)
The virtuoso composer, musician and organ builder John Bull (who probably spent some time at the University of Cambridge) died on this day in 1628. […]
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Cambridge Science Festival at the University Library
Cambridge Science Festival started yesterday and over the next two weeks, the city will be even more than usually full of inventions, discoveries and experiments. […]
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Malthus in Cambridge
On this day in 1766 – 250 years ago – was born Thomas Robert Malthus, for whom bells rang out in Cambridge yesterday. A scholar, cleric and […]
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A. N. L. Munby’s Christmas ghost stories
A. N. L. ‘Tim’ Munby (1913-1974), who has featured on these pages before, has at least two connections with Christmas. Most importantly, he was born […]
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Cambridge connections: Trinity Hall and the University Library
About sixty years before the University had its own purpose-built library, William Bateman (Bishop of Norwich) founded Trinity Hall in Cambridge. It remains one of […]
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