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Bodley, Sir Thomas
(Sir Thomas Bod¦ley)
Pronunciation:
/ˈbɒdli/
(
1545–1613
)
, English scholar and diplomat. He refounded and greatly enlarged the Oxford University library, which was renamed the Bodleian in 1602.
an informal name for the Bodleian Library.
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