Seeley Historical Library

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The Seeley Historical Library is the history library of the University of Cambridge. It is housed within the History Faculty building. Since October 2003 incoming books have been classified according to the Library of Congress scheme, before that a unique system was used. The library is open to university students only, six days a week, in term between 9am - 7.15pm (6pm).

History

The history library was established in 1807 by John Symonds, with a collection of 1000 books. After some years of neglect, the library again became a priority in 1884, on the behest of Oscar Browning. It was moved from the gallery of the Philosophical Library to King’s College in 1890. In 1897 it was renamed in honour of the historian Sir John Seeley. After a few more moves, the library finally ended up on the Sidgwick site in 1968, in the new History Faculty building designed by James Stirling. Today it accommodates over 300 students and houses more than 95,000 volumes.

In the FHM addition of March 2005, the Seeley Library was placed in the top ten of the 'Top one hundred places to pull in Britain'.

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University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the world's most prestigious universities.
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The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a system of library classification developed by the Library of Congress. It is used by most research and academic libraries in the U.S.
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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1770s 1780s 1790s - 1800s - 1810s 1820s 1830s
1804 1805 1806 - 1807 - 1808 1809 1810

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Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture -
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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s
1881 1882 1883 - 1884 - 1885 1886 1887

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Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture -
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Oscar Browning (January 17, 1837–October 6, 1923) was an English writer, historian and educational reformer.

He was born in London, the son of a merchant, William Shipton Browning, and educated at Eton College where he was a pupil of William Johnson (later "Cory")
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King’s College

College name The King’s College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge
Latin name Collegium Regale
Motto Veritas et Utilitas
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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s
1887 1888 1889 - 1890 - 1891 1892 1893

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Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture -
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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s
1894 1895 1896 - 1897 - 1898 1899 1900

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Sir John Robert Seeley, KCMG (1834 - January 13, 1895) was an English essayist and historian.

Life

He was born in London, the son of R.B. Seeley, a publisher^[1]. Seeley developed a taste for religious and historical subjects.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s
1965 1966 1967 - 1968 - 1969 1970 1971

Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII
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Sir James Frazer Stirling FRIBA (22 April 1926 in Glasgow – 25 June 1992 in London) was among the most important and influential architects of the second half of the 20th century.
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