Sir Robert Cotton

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Sir Robert Cotton was an English antiquarian and politician best known for founding the Cotton Library, one of the most important collections of medieval manuscripts in Britain.

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Sir Robert Cotton canonical 9
Robert Cotton 1
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton 1

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instanceOf antiquarian
book collector
human
politician
advised King James I of England
linked to: James VI and I
baronetcyCreated 1611
birthDate 1571-01-22
burialPlace Conington, Huntingdonshire
child Sir Thomas Cotton
collectionContains Anglo-Saxon manuscripts
early English historical documents
medieval manuscripts
collectionLaterFormedPartOf British Museum Library
linked to: British Museum
collectionNowPartOf British Library
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1631-05-06
educatedAt Jesus College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Westminster School
era Elizabethan era
linked to: English Renaissance

Jacobean era
linked to: Stuart period
familyName Cotton
fieldOfWork antiquarian studies
manuscript collection
fullName Sir Robert Bruce Cotton
linked to: Sir Robert Cotton
influenced development of the British national library collections
knownFor collecting medieval manuscripts
founding the Cotton Library
preserving important early English texts
legacy Cotton Library shelfmark system using busts of Roman emperors
libraryFounded Cotton Library
memberOf Parliament of England
name Sir Robert Cotton
nobleFamily Cotton family
notableItemInCollection Beowulf manuscript
Lindisfarne Gospels
Magna Carta manuscripts
linked to: Magna Carta

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight manuscript
occupation antiquarian
manuscript collector
politician
placeOfBirth Dentontownship, Huntingdonshire
placeOfDeath Westminster, London
politicalRole Member of Parliament
religion Church of England
spouse Elizabeth Brocas
title baronet
wasKnightedBy King James I of England
linked to: James VI and I

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Cotton Nero A.x formerOwner Sir Robert Cotton
Nowell Codex cataloguedBy Sir Robert Cotton
Cotton Vitellius A XV formerOwner Sir Robert Cotton
Cotton Vitellius A XV cataloguedBy Robert Cotton
linked to: Sir Robert Cotton
Cotton Library foundedBy Sir Robert Cotton
Cotton Library namedAfter Sir Robert Cotton
Cotton Library collectionFormedBy Sir Robert Cotton
Sir Robert Cotton name Sir Robert Cotton
Sir Robert Cotton fullName Sir Robert Bruce Cotton
linked to: Sir Robert Cotton
Cotton collection catalogue associatedWith Sir Robert Cotton
Caligula A.ix associatedWith Sir Robert Cotton