Richard Pendlebury

Richard Pendlebury

Richard Pendlebury (1847, Liverpool – 1902) was a British mathematician, musician and bibliophile.

He went up to St John's College, Cambridge in 1866 and graduated senior wrangler in 1870: he was then elected to a college fellowship. He was appointed University Lecturer in Mathematics in 1888. He collected early mathematical books and printed music, donating his collections to his college and university.His presentation of a collection of music books and manuscripts to the Fitzwilliam Museum stimulated the formation of the Music Faculty.

References

* Anna Pensaert, "The Pendlebury Library of Music", "Cambridge University Libraries Information Bulletin" (n.s.) 51 (Lent 2006) [http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/CULIB/culib_58.htm]

External links

* [http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/early_books/pix/provenance/pendlebury/pendlebury.htm Richard Pendelbury] at St John's College Library


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