John Furber Dexter

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John Furber Dexter (1848, Kensington, London[1] - 1927, Wandsworth, London[2]) was an English collector of Charles Dickens's works.[3] Following his death Dexter's collection remained in family hands[4] before being purchased by the British Library in 1969 as the Dexter Collection of Dickensiana.[5][6]

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  1. ^ "Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006".
  2. ^ "Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007".
  3. ^ "Death of Mr. John F. Dexter". The Times. London. 21 June 1927. p. 13 col. B(issue 44613).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ Tillotson, Kathleen (May 1976). "Charles Dickens. The J.F. Dexter Collection". The Dickensian. 72 (379): 101–103.
  5. ^ "Friend s of the National Libraries: Annual Report for 1969", Annual Report (Annual Report) (1969 ed.), London: Friends of the National Libraries, § "Acquisitions", p. 11, 1969, ISSN 1746-3270British Library Ac.1326.. {{citation}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  6. ^ British Library (27 April 2010). "D: Dickens". Named Collections of Printed Materials. British Library. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011. DEXTER, John Furber [1847-1917[sic]]. "The Dexter Collection of Dickensiana".