The library is located on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. It houses one of the largest collections of letters and manuscripts by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, which was donated by Doctor Andrew Armstrong. It also houses what is thought to be the largest collection of secular stained glass in the world.
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Armstrong Browning Library
{Beneath a silhouette:} Robert Browning poet, born Camberwell 1812, lived on...
Bibliophile and politician. He was commissioned briefly in the Coldstream Guards, and served as a member of parliament from 1780 to 1810. He started collecting books from an early age, and by his d...
Person, Armed Forces, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration
16 years between the laying of the foundation stone in 1982 and the opening in 1998. The Independent explains the delay: "The reason it has taken so long to build ... has relatively little to do w...
Antiquary and collector. Born Lancashire. Although he never married there are letters making it clear that this was not for lack of interest in the ladies. His collection of antiquaries was freely...
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1920-1942. Officer in the Order of St John. Nature, No. 3806, 10 October 1942 carries Clifford's obituary. At the time of his sud...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration
Born Norwood, Surrey. Art and literary scholar and museum administrator. He was director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge from 1876 to 1884, and then keeper of the department of prints and draw...
Also known as "Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes". The purposes of the Trustees are commemoration of the Aldersgate Conversion of John and Charles Wesley in May 1738.
National Archives gives: "It was on 20th June 1842 that twelve members of a Provident Society met at the Bird-in-Hand Tavern, 17 Long Acre, with the intention of establishing their own Society. Thi...
GBE, DLit.Lord Mayor in 1989.
First to draw attention to the heritage of the plastics industry and to celebrate all things plastic.
Well known as a gay pub, the Admiral Duncan was the site chosen by Neo-Nazi David Copeland to detonate a nail bomb which killed three people and wounded 70. Copeland, who was also responsible for ...
Event, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Gender Issues, Terrorism, Tragedy
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