Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of, 1689-1741
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Name (Latin)
Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of, 1689-1741
Other forms of name
Harley, Edward, Earl of Oxford, 1689-1741
Mortimer, Edward Harley, Earl, 1689-1741
Oxford, Edward Harley, 2d Earl of, 1689-1741
Date of birth
1689-06-02
Date of death
1741-06-16
Field of activity
Art Book collecting
Occupation
Book collectors Art--Collectors and collecting
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Park, T. The Harleian miscellany, 1808:t.p. (Edward Harley, second Earl of Oxford)
- DNB(Harley, Edward, 2d Earl of Oxford, 1689-1741)
- Cokayne(under Oxford and Mortimer, Earldom 2: Edward Harley, b. 6-2-1689; d. 6-16-1741)
- Adam, Derek. The great collector, 2013:t.p. (Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford) p. 3 (...The Earl's prodigious expenditure on his vast library and collection of works of art)
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Wikipedia description:
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (2 June 1689 – 16 June 1741) was a British Tory politician who represented Radnor and Cambridgeshire in the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1711 and 1724.
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