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3 unusual facts about John Bagford


Henry Powle

With the aid of John Bagford, he formed a large library of manuscripts and records.

John Bagford

Originally a shoemaker by trade, he was active on the book-trading market from 1680 in and around Holborn, travelling to Haarlem, Leiden, and Amsterdam on this business and aiding such collectors as John Moore, Robert and Edward Harley, Sir Hans Sloane, Samuel Pepys and John Woodward.

He asserted that the elephant was probably introduced by Claudius but that the tool had been made by human workmanship.



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