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GC/AD/01
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GB 2198 GC/AD/01
Title
Records of the Biographical History
Date(s)
- 1898-1998 (Creation)
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Biographical history
The Biographical History is a biographical dictionary of all members of Gonville Hall and Gonville and Caius College, with further appendices relating to buildings, benefactors, estates and the major events of individual masterships.The first four volumes of the Biographical History were compiled by John Venn starting at the end of the nineteenth century, and have been updated regularly, the most recent volume being published in 1998.
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See also the papers of John Venn, in the College Library's manuscript collection, as listed by William Stockton, for information regarding the compilation of the first three volumes of the Biographical History.