GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-001344
NameEdmund Malone
Title
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. 1741-10-04 - d. 1812-05-25 (old)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Miscellaneous manuscript and printed texts: MS. Malone 531
Linked Sermons
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesTrinity College -- Place of Study
Source of DataJeanne Shami; Adam Richter
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 17896); Bodleian Library online catalogue: Malone Manuscripts
Other NoteBiographer, literary critic, and author. Born in Shinglas, co. Westmeath, Ireland. Member of Irish House of Commons. Made Baron Sunderlin in 1785. He left his library to his brother, Lord Sunderlin, upon his death in 1812. Lord Sunderlin then donated some of Malone's texts to the Bodleian in 1815; they were received in 1821. ODNB and the online Bodleian catalogue differ on the date of his death; ODNB puts it on 25 May but the Bodleian catalogue puts it on 25 April.
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/malone2/malone2.html | Bodleian Library online catalogue: Malone Manuscripts |
GEMMS record createdMarch 31, 2017
GEMMS record last editedMarch 31, 2017