Offor, George, 1787-1864
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Name (Latin)
Offor, George, 1787-1864
Date of birth
1787
Date of death
1864
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- nuc86-73207: Mather, I. Remarkable providences [MI] 1856(hdg. on ResP rept.: Offor, George, 1787-1864; usage: George Offor)
- LC data base, 4/24/87(hdg.: Offor, George, 1787-1864)
Wikipedia description:
George Offor (1787– 7 August 1864) was an English book-collector who accumulated a massive personal library. Offor entered business as a bookseller at Tower Hill, London. He studied Hebrew, Greek and Latin and became an expert in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature and theological writings.
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