Dr Williams's Trust and Library: A History. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alan Argent.
• Authors: Argent, Alan
• Contents: Prologue; 1 Dr Williams and his Will; 2 Benjamin Sheppard, Receiver 1721-31 - Faith, Fitness and Diligence; 3 Constructing the Library Building 1725-30 - A Proper Plan; 4 Francis Barkstead, Receiver 1731-47 - Piety and Charity; 5 John Cooper, Receiver 1748-62 - Liberty and Liberal Dissent; 6 Richard Jupp junior, Receiver 1762-95 - A Very Respectable Body; 7 Richard Webb Jupp, Receiver 1795-1850, and David Davison, Receiver 1850-57 - Fashionable Sympathies Amid Increasing Light; 8 Walter D. Jeremy, Receiver 1857-93 - The Scrupulous Observer; 9 Francis H. Jones, Secretary and Librarian 1886-1914 - Introducing Order; 10 Robert Travers Herford, Secretary and Librarian 1914-25 - Application and Imagination; 11 Stephen Kay Jones, Librarian 1925-46, and Joseph Worthington, Secretary 1925-44 - A New Age with Old Strains; 12 Roger Thomas, Secretary 1944-66 and Librarian 1946-66 - Trusted Innovator; 13 Kenneth Twinn, Secretary and Librarian 1966-76 - Modest Dependability; 14 John Creasey, Librarian, and James McClelland, Secretary, 1977-98 - Mixed Blessings; 15 David Wykes, Director 1998-2021 - Past, Present and Future; 16 Dr Williams's Trust - An Assessment; ; Appendix 1 Trustees in 1723; Appendix 2 Lists from Short Account (with later additions); Bibliography; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General; HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century; HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century; HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century; RELIGION / Christianity / History; RELIGION / Christianity / General; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; History of religion; Church history; Protestantism & Protestant Churches; Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800105546; 1800105541
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.