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Martin Davis, « Edward ‘Ted’ Parsons: The first Curator of Maps at Oxford’s Bodleian Library », Rockefeller fellows, ID : 10.58079/vwww
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Upon leaving school at the age of 15, Ted Parsons began working at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, beginning a remarkable career which would span some 53 years until his retirement from the library in 1980 (Clapinson and Clennell 2001). This period saw him progress from his initial position as a junior assistant in 1927 to Bodley’s Deputy Librarian in 1978. With a special interest in cartographic materials, Parsons' tenure saw also the Bodleian’s collection of maps transform from a seri...