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Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (died 1631)
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Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington
English antiquarian (1570/71–1631)
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet of Conington Hall in the parish of Conington in Huntingdonshire, England, was a Member of Parliament and an antiquarian who founded the Cotton library.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cotton library
Collection of manuscripts held by the British Library
The Cotton or Cottonian library is a collection of manuscripts that came into the hands of the antiquarian and bibliophile Sir Robert Bruce Cotton MP (1571–1631). The collection of books and materials Sir Robert held was one of the three "foundation collections" of the British…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)