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- c1991-c2007 (Creation)
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1 file
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Thomas James Bean wrote a number of articles on the art connoisseur and writer, Richard Ford (1796-1858). Bean also amassed significant collections of Ford's letters and books, which were alluded to in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry on Ford of 2004. Among the papers on Ford given by Bean were those to the Richard Ford bi-centenary conference and the 1991 George Borrow Conference. Thomas Bean was also a farmer and in 2006 was a Liberal Democrat representative on Worcestershire County Council.
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GB 0096 MS1133 c1991-c2007 Fonds 1 file Bean , Thomas James , 1943- , local politician, scholar
Thomas James Bean wrote a number of articles on the art connoisseur and writer, Richard Ford (1796-1858). Bean also amassed significant collections of Ford's letters and books, which were alluded to in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry on Ford of 2004. Among the papers on Ford given by Bean were those to the Richard Ford bi-centenary conference and the 1991 George Borrow Conference. Thomas Bean was also a farmer and in 2006 was a Liberal Democrat representative on Worcestershire County Council.
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Thomas Bean
Draft conference papers and publications on the art connoisseur and author, Richard Ford (1796-1858).
1 file
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Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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Archives of Richard Ford are held at the Bodleian Library, the British Library, Glasgow City Archives, Hispanic Society of New York.
Entry compiled by Richard Temple. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. 2007-01-03 Art criticism Arts Art theory Bean , Thomas James , 1943- , local politician, scholar Ford , Richard , 1796-1858 , critic and Author
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Thomas Bean
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Draft conference papers and publications on the art connoisseur and author, Richard Ford (1796-1858).
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1 file
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Open for research
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Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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- English
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- Latin
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Archives of Richard Ford are held at the Bodleian Library, the British Library, Glasgow City Archives, Hispanic Society of New York.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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