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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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early English historical documents ⓘ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 ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV → associatedWith → Sir Robert Cotton ⓘ
Cotton collection of manuscripts → namedAfter → Sir Robert Cotton ⓘ
Cotton collection of manuscripts → creator → Sir Robert Cotton ⓘ
Cotton → hasNotableBearer → Robert Cotton ⓘ
linked to: Sir Robert Cotton
Cotton → hasNotableBearer → Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington ⓘ
linked to: Sir Robert Cotton
Nero D IV → hasOwner → Sir Robert Cotton ⓘ