J. C. T. Oates
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John Claud Trewinard Oates FBA (24 June 1912 – 11 June 1990)[1][2] was a librarian at the University of Cambridge, a trustee of the university, and president of the Bibliographical Society (1970–72). He was educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester, and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1935. He became assistant under-librarian at Cambridge University Library a year later, was promoted to under-librarian in 1949, deputy librarian in 1975, and finally became acting chief librarian in 1979, a year before his retirement. He was also Reader (later Emeritus) in Historical Bibliography at Cambridge, and a fellow of Darwin College.[1] He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1976.[3][4]
Selected publications
- Cambridge University Library: A historical sketch. Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, 1975. ISBN 0902205102 (reprinted from The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Vol. 4, Marcel Dekker, pp. 50–70.
References
- ^ a b "OATES, John Claud Trewinard". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2024 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Oates, J. C. T. (John Claud Trewinard) (1912-) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "J.C.T. Oates". Parker Library. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "'Writing is but another form of conversation': Laurence Sterne at 300 | University of Cambridge". cam.ac.uk. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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