1996 Death John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, dies at 96 1995 Death Stanley Oliphant Stewart, librarian, dies at 82 1995 Death Francis Henry Smith, librarian, dies at 85 1995 Death Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70 1995 Death Helen Wallis, cartographer/Librarian, dies at 70 1994 Death Herman W. "Fritz" Liebert, U.S. librarian/Yale-curator, dies at 83 1994 Death Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85 1994 Death Frank Singleton, librarian, dies at 67 1984 Death Virginia Lacy Jones, U.S. librarian/presidents advisor, dies at 72 1953 Event Congress cites research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving 1937 Death Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian, dies at 75 1936 Death Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian, dies at 71 1931 Birthday Marylyn Roberts, librarian/founding member, WIC 1927 Birthday Frank Singleton, librarian 1924 Birthday Helen Wallis, cartographer/librarian 1924 Birthday Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/orientalist 1921 Death Willem P C Knuttel, Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at 67 1915 Birthday David Jenklins, librarian, National Library of Wales 1913 Birthday Stanley Oliphant Stewart, librarian 1913 Death Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliographer, dies at 82 1912 Birthday Virginia Lacy Jones, U.S. librarian/presidential advisor 1911 Birthday Herman W. "Fritz" Liebert, U.S. OSSer/librarian, Yale curator 1909 Birthday Donald John Urquhart, librarian 1909 Birthday Francis Henry Smith, librarian 1902 Event Arna W. Bontemps noted poet and librarian of Fisk University 1900 Birthday John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, University of London 1898 Birthday Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian 1897 Death Antonius von der Linde, Netherlands/German librarian, dies at 63 1890 Death Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71 1879 Death Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies 1875 Birthday Isadore Gilbert Mudge, U.S., librarian and author, Thackeray Dictionary 1865 Birthday Samuel Pl'h Naber, Dutch rear-admiral/librarian 1861 Birthday Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian 1854 Birthday Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian 1838 Birthday John Shaw Billings, U.S., librarian and army physician 1837 Birthday Charles Ammi Cutter, U.S. librarian, Expansive classification 1833 Birthday Antonius von der Linde, Netherlands/German librarian/chess player 1831 Birthday Justin Winston, historian/librarian, Harvard 1830 Birthday Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography 1819 Birthday Johann A. H. Scheler, Belgian librarian 1806 Death Johann C Adelung, German translator/librarian, dies at 74 1805 Death Georg W. "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76 1802 Event John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress 1797 Birthday Anthony Panizzi, Librarian at British Museum 1785 Birthday Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian, fairy tale collector 1732 Event 1st U.S. professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia 1732 Birthday Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian 1729 Birthday Georg W. "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, Annales typographic 1689 Death Isaacus Vossius, Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies 1653 Death Gabriel Naude, French librarian/ composer, dies at 53 1600 Birthday Gabriel Naude, France, librarian, Mazarin Library 1481 Death Bartholomeus Platinum, Italian humanist/pontifical librarian, dies
