Description:Chapters: John Ballinger, Andrew Green, Richard Ellis, William Llewelyn Davies, E. D. Jones, John Price, Alban Thomas, David Jenkins, Thomas Jones, Humphrey Owen, Thomas Parry. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir John Ballinger CBE] (12 May 1860 8 January 1933) was a Welsh librarian, the first librarian at the National Library of Wales. He has been described by the current librarian at the National Library of Wales, Andrew Green, as "one of the most distinguished professional librarians of his time." Ballinger was born in Pontnewynydd, near Pontypool, Monmouthshire, the son of Henry Ballinger, an engineer. When his father lost his job at the Pontnewynydd Iron Works, the family moved to Whitchurch, Cardiff, where he found employment in the Melingriffith Works. Ballinger then lost his father when he was six. He attended the elementary school in Canton, but had left school by the age of 14, he received a year of private education, and while looking for employment he attended evening classes. At the age of fifteen, in 1875, Ballinger became an assistant in the Cardiff Free Library, and later at the Swansea Public Library. He was appointed Librarian at the public library in Doncaster, Yorkshire in 1880 despite his young age. Here he built his reputation and began writing a column, "About books," in the local newspaper, The Doncaster Chronicle. Ballinger returned to Cardiff in 1884, this time taking the post of Librarian at the Cardiff Free Library. During his period as Librarian, the number of books borrowed rose from 7,000 to 750,000 a year. There were 100,000 volumes in the collections by 1905, and 20,000 of these were works related to Wales. When the movement began to press for a National Library in Wales, Ballinger kept an eye on progress as w...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2110499We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Welsh Librarians: John Ballinger, Andrew Green, Richard Ellis, William Llewelyn Davies, E. D. Jones, John Price, Alban Thomas, David Jenkins. To get started finding Welsh Librarians: John Ballinger, Andrew Green, Richard Ellis, William Llewelyn Davies, E. D. Jones, John Price, Alban Thomas, David Jenkins, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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34
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Books LLC
Release
2010
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1157295673
Welsh Librarians: John Ballinger, Andrew Green, Richard Ellis, William Llewelyn Davies, E. D. Jones, John Price, Alban Thomas, David Jenkins
Description: Chapters: John Ballinger, Andrew Green, Richard Ellis, William Llewelyn Davies, E. D. Jones, John Price, Alban Thomas, David Jenkins, Thomas Jones, Humphrey Owen, Thomas Parry. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir John Ballinger CBE] (12 May 1860 8 January 1933) was a Welsh librarian, the first librarian at the National Library of Wales. He has been described by the current librarian at the National Library of Wales, Andrew Green, as "one of the most distinguished professional librarians of his time." Ballinger was born in Pontnewynydd, near Pontypool, Monmouthshire, the son of Henry Ballinger, an engineer. When his father lost his job at the Pontnewynydd Iron Works, the family moved to Whitchurch, Cardiff, where he found employment in the Melingriffith Works. Ballinger then lost his father when he was six. He attended the elementary school in Canton, but had left school by the age of 14, he received a year of private education, and while looking for employment he attended evening classes. At the age of fifteen, in 1875, Ballinger became an assistant in the Cardiff Free Library, and later at the Swansea Public Library. He was appointed Librarian at the public library in Doncaster, Yorkshire in 1880 despite his young age. Here he built his reputation and began writing a column, "About books," in the local newspaper, The Doncaster Chronicle. Ballinger returned to Cardiff in 1884, this time taking the post of Librarian at the Cardiff Free Library. During his period as Librarian, the number of books borrowed rose from 7,000 to 750,000 a year. There were 100,000 volumes in the collections by 1905, and 20,000 of these were works related to Wales. When the movement began to press for a National Library in Wales, Ballinger kept an eye on progress as w...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2110499We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Welsh Librarians: John Ballinger, Andrew Green, Richard Ellis, William Llewelyn Davies, E. D. Jones, John Price, Alban Thomas, David Jenkins. To get started finding Welsh Librarians: John Ballinger, Andrew Green, Richard Ellis, William Llewelyn Davies, E. D. Jones, John Price, Alban Thomas, David Jenkins, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.