Humfrey Wanley

Wanley holding a facsimile copy of a cruciform Greek manuscript (Lectionary 150), painting at the Society of Antiquaries, 1711.

Humfrey Wanley (21 March 1672 – 6 July 1726) was an English librarian, palaeographer and scholar of Old English, employed by manuscript collectors such as Robert and Edward Harley. He was the first keeper of the Harleian Library,[1] now the Harleian Collection.[2]

  1. ^ Murphy, Michael (1982). "Humfrey Wanley on How to Run a Scholarly Library". The Library Quarterly. 52 (2): 145–55. doi:10.1086/601202. S2CID 144550735.
  2. ^ "History of the Harley Library". Harley Manuscripts. British Library. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2011.