Sir Herbert Henry Edmund Craster (5 November 1879 – 21 March 1959) was a British librarian, who served as Bodley's Librarian (the librarian in charge of the

Bodleian Library The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It derives its name from its founder, Sir Thomas Bodley. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second- ...

at the

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) from 1931 to 1945.

Life

Edmund Craster was educated at

Clifton College ''The spirit nourishes within'' , established = 160 years ago , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school , religion = Christian , president = , head_label = Head of College , head ...

and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

. He became a

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All Souls College, Oxford All Souls College (official name: College of the Souls of All the Faithful Departed) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full members of t ...

in 1903, and edited the ''History of Northumberland'' (volumes 8 to 10) between 1904 and 1914. He was appointed Sub-Librarian of the

in 1912, also serving as Keeper of Western Manuscripts from 1927, until 1931 when he became Bodley's Librarian. He left in 1945, the year in which he received his knighthood, and became the Librarian of All Souls in 1946. His writings included ''Speeches on Foreign Policy by Lord Halifax'' in 1940 and a ''History of the Bodleian Library 1845–1945'' in 1952. He died on 21 March 1959.

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1879 births 1959 deaths English librarians Bodley's Librarians People educated at Clifton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Knights Bachelor {{Library-bio-stub