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Henry Benjamin Wheatley FSA (1838 – 30 April 1917) was a British
He was a posthumous son of Benjamin Wheatley, an auctioneer, and his wife Madalina; the bibliographer Benjamin Robert Wheatley was his brother, and passed on expertise.
Wheatley was Assistant Secretary to
''Of Anagrams: A Monograph Treating of Their History from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time''
Williams & Norgate, 1862.
"Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall, or, A ramble from Haymarket to Hyde Park"
1870
''What is an Index?''
1878 * ''
online text, 5th edition, 1907
from hathitrust.org
''The Bibliographer''
1884.
''How to Form a Library''
1887
''The Dedication of Books to Patron and Friend''
1887
''How to Catalogue a Library''
Published by Eliot Stock 1889.
''Remarkable bindings in the British Museum''
1889
''London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions''
John Murray, 1891.
''Reliques of Old London''
George Bell & Sons, 1896. (descriptions of buildings with lithographs by Thomas Robert Way)
''How to Make an Index''
1902.
''The Story of London''
ediæval Towns Series1904
''Literary Blunders''
1905
''2nd edition''
1870 * Editor
''Books in Chains''
by
author
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, editor
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, and indexer. His '' London Past and Present'' was described as his most important work and "the standard dictionary of London."
Life
He was a posthumous son of Benjamin Wheatley, an auctioneer, and his wife Madalina; the bibliographer Benjamin Robert Wheatley was his brother, and passed on expertise.
Wheatley was Assistant Secretary to Royal Society of Arts
The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a learned society that champions innovation and progress across a multitude of sectors by fostering creativity, s ...
, 1879–1909; founding member (1903) and President of the Samuel Pepys Club
The Samuel Pepys Club is a London club founded in 1903 to do honour to the memory of Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), the English naval administrator and Member of Parliament now best known as a diarist.
Origin
On 26 May 1903, at the Garrick Club in ...
, 1903–10; Vice-President of the Bibliographical Society
Founded in 1892, The Bibliographical Society is the senior learned society in the UK dealing with the study of the book and its history. The Society promotes and encourages study and research in historical, analytical, descriptive and textual ...
, 1908–10, and its President 1911–13. In 1909 he was the President of the Sette of Odd Volumes, an English bibliophile dining-club.
He is buried in a family grave on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in North London, England, designed by architect Stephen Geary. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East sides. Highgate Cemetery is notable both for so ...
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Works
Articles
* * *Books
''Of Anagrams: A Monograph Treating of Their History from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time''
Williams & Norgate, 1862.
"Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall, or, A ramble from Haymarket to Hyde Park"
1870
''What is an Index?''
1878 * ''
Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys ( ; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English writer and Tories (British political party), Tory politician. He served as an official in the Navy Board and Member of Parliament (England), Member of Parliament, but is most r ...
and the World He Lived In'', 1880, 1st editiononline text, 5th edition, 1907
from hathitrust.org
''The Bibliographer''
1884.
''How to Form a Library''
1887
''The Dedication of Books to Patron and Friend''
1887
''How to Catalogue a Library''
Published by Eliot Stock 1889.
''Remarkable bindings in the British Museum''
1889
''London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions''
John Murray, 1891.
''Reliques of Old London''
George Bell & Sons, 1896. (descriptions of buildings with lithographs by Thomas Robert Way)
''How to Make an Index''
1902.
''The Story of London''
ediæval Towns Series1904
''Literary Blunders''
1905
As editor
* , 1865''2nd edition''
1870 * Editor
''Books in Chains''
by
William Blades
William Blades (5 December 182427 April 1890), English printer and bibliographer, was born at Clapham, London.
Career
In 1840 he was apprenticed to his father's printing business in London, being subsequently taken into partnership. The ...
(includes Wheatley's introduction and brief bio of Blades, whom he knew), 1892
References
External links
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wheatley, Henry Benjamin 1838 births 1917 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Presidents of the Bibliographical Society 19th-century British writers 20th-century British writers Historians of London Indexers