Henry Octavius Coxe (1811-81) was a librarian, palaeographer and antiquary. He was Bodley's Librarian, 1860-81. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Two volumes of letters to H.O. Coxe.

Given by his son Hilgrove Coxe, 1931, 1935, and transferred from Library Records, 1968.

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. 39102-3.

Coxe | Henry Octavius | 1811-1881 | Librarian, Palaeographer, and Antiquary

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