Samuel Sandars (25 April 1837,

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- 15 June 1894Obituary, ''The Library'', Vol. s1-6, No. 1, 1894, p. 289) was an English bibliographer, barrister and university benefactor. He was educated at

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and

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, where he took his BA degree in 1860 and became MA in 1863. Admitted to the

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in 1859, Sandars was called to the Bar in 1863.Venn, J. A.
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'', Part II Vol. V, p. 411 In July 1863 Sandars married Elizabeth Maria, eldest daughter of

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, MP for

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. Sandars was a Fellow of the

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, a Fellow of the

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, a member of the

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and a member of the

Bibliographical Society Founded in 1892, The Bibliographical Society is the senior learned society dealing with the study of the book and its history in the United Kingdom. Largely owing to the efforts of Walter Arthur Copinger, who was supported by Richard Cople ...

. He became JP for

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, and shortly before his death in 1894

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. From 1869 onwards Sandars donated rare books to

Cambridge University Library Cambridge University Library is the main research library of the University of Cambridge. It is the largest of the over 100 libraries within the university. The Library is a major scholarly resource for the members of the University of Cambr ...

; he bequeathed 1,460 printed books to the library on his death. He was also a benefactor to the

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and the Divinity School in Cambridge, and bequeathed £2000 to

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

to endow the Sandars Readership in Bibliography for the delivery of one or more lectures annually on "Bibliography, Palaeography, Typography, Bookbinding, Book Illustration, the science of Books and Manuscripts and the Arts relating thereto." Clark, J. W., ''Endowments of the University of Cambridge'', 1904

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Sandars family treeSamuel Sandars: Book Lists and Cambridge Miscellanea
at Cambridge University Library
The Sandars Readership in Bibliography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandars, Samuel 1837 births 1894 deaths English philanthropists High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire Members of the Inner Temple People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English bibliographers English book and manuscript collectors 19th-century British philanthropists 19th-century English lawyers

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