GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
3076
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-3305)
Name
William ('Billy') King Richardson
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
Lived
b. ca. 1859-01-01 d. ca. 1951-01-01 (new)
Associated Places
Source of Data
Hannah Yip
Other note
William King Richardson (1859-1951) graduated summa cum laude from Harvard on 30 June 1880 with a degree in Classical Languages. In 1882, he was awarded a double first at Balliol College, Oxford. He practised law in Boston, specialising in patents and trademarks; he also collected books and manuscripts for over forty years, and was particularly interested in illuminated manuscripts, illustrated books, incunabula and fine bindings. Richardson bequeathed his library of almost 1,700 volumes to Harvard in 1951.
Attached URL
http://blogs.harvard.edu/houghton/wkr1/ William P. Stoneman, 'William King Richardson, Part I: Diplomas and Certificates', Houghton Library Blog (10 June 2016).
http://blogs.harvard.edu/houghton/wkr3/ Dennis C. Marnon, 'William King Richardson, Part III: Mischievous Billy Richardson', Houghton Library Blog (1 July 2016).
http://library.harvard.edu/collections/william-king-richardson-collection The William King Richardson Collection at Houghton Library, Harvard.
GEMMS record created
March 2, 2021
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024