Ingram Bywater (1840-1914) was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford, 1893-1908. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

This collection consists of manuscripts collected by Bywater, working papers on classical subjects, and correspondence mainly with classical scholars.

Part bequeathed by Bywater, part given by Mrs. Charles Cornish in 1919 and 1921.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/)

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 37949-38001.

Descriptions of medieval manuscripts collected by Bywater are available in the Library.

Classical literature

Universities and colleges

Bywater | Ingram | 1840-1914 | Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford

University of Oxford