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John Bellingham Inglis

British scholar and book collector in the 19th century European book trade

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 22, 2024
Entity authorityQ77809052 ↗
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John Bellingham Inglis (14 February 1790 – 9 December 1870) was an English book collector and amateur scholar. He translated Richard de Bury's Philobiblon.

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“John Bellingham Inglis” enters the record as british scholar and book collector in the 19th century European book trade. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what John, Bellingham and Inglis can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1790, 1870—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1780-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around John, Bellingham and Inglis.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 22, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q77809052. VIAF identifies the subject as 2856562. The Library of Congress control number is n85085982. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1790 and 1870.

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This entry incorporates text from “John Bellingham Inglis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.