COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

1571–1631, English antiquarian. The Cottonian collection of books, manuscripts, coins, and antiquities became a part of the British Museum when it was founded in 1753. Cotton collected especially Hebrew and Greek manuscripts and Anglo-Saxon charters. An unprinted classified catalog of the collection is in the Harleian MSS of the British Museum. Cotton was an antiroyalist parliamentarian whose opinions brought him two terms in prison. His magnificent library was sealed in 1630 and remained so until after his death.

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The Second Cecil: The Rise to Power, 1563-1604 of Sir Robert Cecil, Late First Earl of Salisbury
Book by P. M. Handover; Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959
Subjects: Salisbury, Robert Cecil--Earl Of--1563-1612
...letters from R. C. to Sir John Harington in...James , spring 1601, Bruce, 8. 3 Robert Carey, as Earl of...Further details are in Sir John Peyton to Lord...ibid. , 23. 6 Sir Jas Elphinstone to...Howard, spring 1602 , Cotton MSS., Titus C vi...
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From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt: Federal Policy, Economic Development, and the Transformation of the South, 1938-1980
Book by Bruce J. Schulman; Oxford University Press, 1991
Subjects: Economic Assistance, Domestic--United States--Southern States, Southern States--Economic Conditions--1918-, Southern States--Economic Policy, Southern States--Politics And Government--1865-, Southern States--Race Relations
...Univ. Press, 1971), x-xi, 94-99. Robert Lekach- man, The Age of Keynes (N...Macmillan, 1951), 287-323; and Robert Collins, The Business Response to Keynes...that wages must be liquidated. And that, sir, to my knowledge, increased the severity...
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A Dictionary of the Characters in the Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott
Book by M. F. A. Husband; George Routledge and Sons, 1910
Subjects: Scott, Walter--Sir--1771-1832--Dictionaries, Indexes, Etc, Scott, Walter--Sir--1771-1832--Waverley Novels (Boston, Mass.)
...present of six pair of white cotton hose, and two pair of...GAMELYN DE. One of Sir Arthur Wardours ancestors. He kept company with Bruce and Wallace. The Antiquary...butler who had served with Sir Richard under Montrose...NECTABANUS. GUISCARD, ROBERT. Archduke of Apulia...
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Verney Papers: Notes of Proceedings in the Long Parliament, Temp. Charles I. Printed from the Original Pencil Memoranda Taken in the House of Sir Ralph Verney, Knight, Member for the Borough of Aylesbury, and Now in the Possession of Sir Harry Verney, Bart
Book by Ralph Knight Verney, John Bruce; Printed for the Camden Society, by J.B. Nichols and Son, 1845
...Mr. 58 . Cholmley, Sir Hugh, 73 . Church government...William, 89 . Clifton, Sir Gervase, 58 . Clotworthy, Sir John, 30 , 73 , 86...Sir John, 181 . Sir Robert, 127 . ------ Thomas...Sir Frederick, 58 . Cotton, capt. 88 . Courts...
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Man of Letters: The Early Life and Love Letters of Robert Chambers
Book by C. H. Layman; Edinburgh University Press, 1990
Subjects: Chambers, Robert--1802-1871--Childhood And Youth, Chambers, Robert--1802-1871--Correspondence, Love-Letters, Popular Culture--Scotland--History--19th Century, Publishers And Publishing--Scotland--Biography, Scotland--Social Life And Customs--19th Century
...Charlotte, 178 Bruce, Mr, 148 Brunton...47 - 48 Burns, Robert, 24 , 111 , 112...life and Works of Robert , 184 Caledonian...75 , 147 - 148 ; cotton-weaving agency...185 Chambers, Robert: birthplace, 8...125 , 184 ; and Sir Walter Scott, 98...
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Stranded at the Border: Browning, France, and the Challenge of Cosmopolitanism in Red Cotton Night-Cap Country
Journal article by Christopher M. Keirstead; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 43, 2005
Subjects: Browning, Robert--Authorship, Browning, Robert--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Red Cotton Night-Cap Coutnry (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...Thackerays Novels and Robert Brownings Red Cotton Night-Cap...Barrett and Robert Browning Houndsmills...in London (Sir Algernon West...Brownings Red Cotton Night-Cap...11. (27) Robert Pinsky, "Eros...reference to Bruce Robbins, who...
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Standing Upright Here: Bruce Brown Reviews a Recent Book on New Zealand Nuclear Policy
Journal article by Bruce Brown; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 32, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Standing Upright Here: New Zealand in the Nuclear Age, 1945-1990 (Book)--Book reviews
...Standing Upright Here: Bruce Brown Reviews a Recent...Zealand Nuclear Policy. by Bruce Brown STANDING UPRIGHT...by Secretary of Defence Sir Arthur Tange to be informed...National government under Robert Muldoon. The new Prime...the speech (which Paul Cotton, Consul-General in...
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"In the Land of Cotton": Economics and Violence in Jean Toomer's 'Cane
Journal article by Barbara Foley; African American Review, Vol. 32, 1998
Subjects: African American women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Cane (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Social problems--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Toomer, Jean--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Violence in literature--Economic aspects
"In the land of cotton": economics and violence...implications of its idealism. Robert Jones notes that "Toomers...by the collapse of the cotton market (Sparta Ishmaelite...B. Human Factors in Cotton Culture: A Study in...1991. Zangrando, Robert L. The NAACP Crusade...
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The Composition and Social Context of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29(II) and London, British Library, MS Cotton Caligula A.IX
Journal article by Neil Cartlidge; Medium Aevum, Vol. 66, 1997
Subjects: English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Social aspects, Manuscripts, English (Middle)--Social aspects, Manuscripts, Medieval--Social aspects
...of the Jesus and Cotton Manuscripts, introd...British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A.ix...English Texts, ed. Bruce Dickins and R. M...Layamannus at Areley which Robert Clarke took to be...Biography, ed. Sir Leslie Stephen...British Library, MS Cotton Otho C.xiii, line...
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W.K. Hancock and International Relations in Australia: The Commonwealth as a Model of World Government
Journal article by James Cotton; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 55, 2009
Subjects: Australian foreign relations--Political aspects, British foreign relations--Political aspects, Hancock, William K.--Works, Historians--Works
...important and influential of these was W.K. (Sir Keith) Hancock. Any consideration of his...Herbert Butterfield, Michael Oakeshott and Sir Bernard Pares) as a historian potentially...Whiggish view of the Empire associated with Sir Alfred Zimmern (the first holder of the...
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Alba Scotland
Magazine article by Alistair Cruickshank; Focus, Vol. 46, Winter 2001
Subjects: Scotland--History, Scots (British people)--History, Scots--History, Scottish history
...perpetuated by the works of novelists such as Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson...continued throughout the ensuing centuries. Sir Walter Scott recorded an inscription attached...objects accumulated by the shipping magnate Sir William Burrel (1861 -- 1958). The collection...
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A Vagabond in Paradise: Thomas Verney in Barbados
Magazine article by Larry Gragg; History Today, Vol. 45, August 1995
Subjects: Barbados--History, Verney, Thomas--Records and correspondence
...and humble request to Sir Edmund to assist me a...that he would send home cotton worth twice the sum of...handle the work of his cotton and tobacco fields, but...in Barbados. Knowing Sir Edmunds financial connection...with a small cargo of cotton and tobacco, but little...
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The Literature of Crime
Magazine article by Richard Whittington-Egan; Contemporary Review, Vol. 292, Autumn 2010
Subjects: Crime novels--Analysis, Crime--Portrayals, Crime--United Kingdom, Detective and mystery stories--Analysis, Detective fiction--Analysis, Literary styles--Analysis, Style, Literary--Analysis
...Maria Manning, by Robert Huish (1849...and Career of Mrs Cotton, the West Auckland...1863). Mary Ann Cotton was the thrice married...Tullett (1951), Sir Sydney Smiths Mostly...Bentley Purchase by Robert Jackson (1963...Jeremy B. Moody and Bruce S. Purvis published...
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A History of Native American and African Relations from 1502 to 1900
Magazine article by Arwin D. Smallwood; Negro History Bulletin, April 1999
Subjects: African Americans--History, Native Americans--History, Racially mixed people--United States
...and later in the 1580s, Sir Frances Drake used Spanish...by white southerners. As cotton production became more profitable...Harper Row, 1973); Robert B. Toplin, Slavery and...Conference, 1916). (34.) Bruce Perry, Malcolm: The Life...
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Equipped for Endeavour: No-One Got Anywhere near the Poles until the Invention of the Primus Stove. and Hillary and Tenzing Might Not Have Reached the Summit of Mount Everest without Their Special Boots. Clive Tully Reveals How Developments in Clothing and Equipment Technology Have Determined the Extent of Our Achievements
Magazine article by Clive Tully; Geographical, Vol. 76, March 2004
Subjects: Clothing and dress--Environmental aspects
...layers of silk, cotton or woollen underwear...the world 1577-80 Sir Francis Drake becomes...Norwegian Fridjof Nansen cotton fabric crosses the...forerunner 1909 Robert Peary reaches the...oxygen for Geoffrey Bruce climb to 8,320m...Tenzing fabric, cotton Ventile, used for...
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From Films to after Comics, 1,000 Years Beowulf the Beowulf Monster-Slayer Still Speaks to Us about Men; Welsh Academic Researches Epic Hero's Impact in the Modern World
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 27, 2009
...Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie and Port Talbot-born Sir Anthony Hopkins. And she has also travelled to Indiana...and a disastrous fire which destroyed the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton. Still bearing the scars of the fire, the Beowulf...
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Beowulf, Grendel Meet in Another Bloody Battle
Newspaper article by Joseph Szadkowski; The Washington Times, March 13, 1999
...the destruction of religious artifacts during the reign of Henry VIII and a fire that destroyed the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1571-1631). The manuscript is housed in the British Museum in London. I thank David Breeden, who teaches...
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Football: THE 1ST FOOTBALL TSAR; the Scots Spy Who Taught the Russians to Play
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 2, 2006
Subjects: Russian Revolution, 1917-1921
...Lokomotiv. But another Scot, Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, became a Russian football...composed of workers from their cotton factory, and attracted crowds...claimed to be a relative of both Robert the Bruce and William Wallace, and often...
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OPEN DOOR SHUTS ON WELSH STARS; Tiger's Absence Brings Competition to Boil - but without Our Golfing Dragons
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), July 13, 2008
...of many impressed by Robert Karlssons superb recent...a distant relative of Robert the Bruce, has enjoyed six top...first German to be named Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year after...Ogilvy, Adam Scott 28-1 Robert Karlsson 33-1 Stewart...
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Tonight's TV
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), December 26, 2008
...foremost figures. Sir Bill Cotton, the BBCs former...bandleader Billy Cotton, he spent seven...industry. Entertainer Bruce Forsyth said it was...Away from TV, Cotton was vice president...Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr and Maggie...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cotton Sir Robert Bruce  - 7 results

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Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE 1571 1631, English antiquarian. The...Museum when it was founded in 1753. Cotton collected especially Hebrew and Greek...Harleian MSS of the British Museum. Cotton was an antiroyalist parliamentarian whose...
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British Museum
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1753 when the collection of Sir Hans Sloane, begun in the...government and was joined with the Cotton collection (see Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce ) and the Harleian Library (see also Harley, Robert ). In 1757 the royal library...
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Harleian Library
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...than 14,000 original legal documents, formed by Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford, and his son Edward...the British government and with the collections of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton and Sir Hans Sloane formed the basis of the British Museum...
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British Library
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...government purchased the Harleian Library , which belonged to Sir Robert Bruce Cotton , and groups of manuscripts. The collection grew four...flourished in the 19th cent. under the leadership of Sir Anthony Panizzi . The library remained a part of the...
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Beowulf
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...preserved in the British Library in the collection of Sir Robert Cotton. The materials for the poem are derived mainly from...1966), E. B. Irving (1968), R. Girvan and R. Bruce-Mitford (1971), K. S. Kiernan (1981), W. F...
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