GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
2933
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-3158)
Name
John Hodgkin
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
Lived
b. ca. 1857-01-01 d. ca. 1930-01-01 (new)
Source of Data (Contributor name)
AIM25 catalogue and Leeds University Library (see links below); Hannah Yip
Other note
John Hodgkin, FSA was born in Birmingham in 1857, the son of John Eliot Hodgkin and Sarah Ransome. Hodgkin died in 1930. An avid bibliophile, his collection was sold at Foster's, 4/5 May 1931. He is remembered today as a collector of cookery books, which are now held at the Bodleian Library, Leeds University Library, and the Wellcome Collection.
Attached URL
http://aim25.com/cats/20/10253.htm AIM25 entry for John Hodgkin (1857-1930).
http://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections/collection/1275 Information about John Hodgkin (1857-1930) on the Leeds University Library web page.
GEMMS record created
October 26, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024