Robert Skinner 1654/5-1698

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Robert SKINNER 1654/5-1698

Biographical Note

Son of Robert Skinner, physician. BA Trinity College, Oxford 1674, barrister of the Inner Temple 1682; judge of the Marshalsea Court.

Books

Skinner's library was auctioned in London, 13.2.1699, as part of a joint sale with the books of John Hampden.

Characteristic Markings

None of Skinner's books have been identified.

Sources

  • Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
  • Bibliotheca Skinneriana, & Hampdeniana, [London], 1699, ESTC r221617.
  • Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses, Oxford, 1891.
  • Mandelbrote, G. The organisation of book auctions in late seventeenth-century London, in R. Myers (ed), Under the hammer, London, 2001, 15-36.