George Thomason (d. April 1666), English book and tract collector. 1666 is often called Annus Mirabilis. ...

George Thomason was a London bookseller, whose life contains few items of interest save the fact that he was concerned in a royalist plot in 1651. He is famous, however, as the man who brought together the great collection of books and tracts published during the time of the English Civil War and the interregnum; this was formerly called the "King's Pamphlets," but is now known as the "Thomason Collection of Civil War Tracts." During the years just before the outbreak of war a great number of writings covering every phase of the questions in dispute between king and people were issued, and in 1641 Thomason began to collect these. Working diligently at his task for about twenty years, he possessed nearly 23,000 separate publications in 1662, and having arranged these in chronological order he had them bound in 1983 volumes.^[1] Prince Rupert of the Rhine Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War (1642–1651). ... The Sealed Knot is a British historical association dedicated to period costume reenactment of battles and events surrounding the English Civil War. ... The English Civil War consisted of a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between Parliamentarians (known as Roundheads) and Royalists (known as Cavaliers) between 1642 and 1651. ... The English Interregnum was the period of republican rule after the English Civil War between the regicide of Charles I in 1649 and the restoration of Charles II in 1660. ...

Prior to his death in 1666, Thomason entrusted the collection to the care of Thomas Barlow, provost of The Queen's College at the University of Oxford and a future Bishop of Lincoln. Barlow and his agents attempted to sell the tracts to the university, the British government, and private collectors, but found that none were willing to meet their price. Finally, in 1762, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute purchased the collection on behalf of King George III and that same year donated it to the British Museum. In 1973, the museum transferred the Thomason Collection to the British Library.^[2] Thomas Barlow (1607 - 1691) was a British bishop of Lincoln often considered one of the candidates for being the Vicar of Bray. ... College name The Queens College Collegii Reginae Named after Queen Philippa of Hainault Established 1341 Sister College Pembroke College Provost Sir Alan Budd JCR President Vishal Mashru Undergraduates 350 MCR President Matthias Range Graduates 133 Homepage Boatclub High Street entrance to Queens College from the main quad. ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... Arms of the Bishop of Lincoln The Bishop of Lincoln heads the Anglican Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury. ... John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (May 25, 1713 - March 10, 1792), was a Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1762-1763) under George III. A close relative of the Campbell clan (his mother was a daughter of the First Duke of Argyll), Bute succeeded to... George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... The British Museum in London is one of the worlds greatest museums of human history and culture. ... British Library main building, London The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom. ...

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1. ^ This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "THOMASON GEORGE", a publication now in the public domain.
2. ^ Thomason Collection of Civil War Tracts, British Library