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. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second-largest library in ...

at the

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

) from 1931 to 1945.

Life

Edmund Craster was educated at

Clifton College Clifton College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in the city of Bristol in South West England, founded in 1862 and offering both boarding school, boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18. In its early years, unlike mo ...

and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and aro ...

. He became a

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All Souls College, Oxford All Souls College (official name: The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford) 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 me ...

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