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The McKenzie Lectures are a series of annual public lectures delivered by "a distinguished scholar on the history of the book, scholarly editing, or bibliography and the sociology of texts." [ 1 ] The lectures are held in Oxford at the Centre for the Study of the Book ( Bodleian Libraries ). [ 2 ]
Donald Francis McKenzie, FBA (5 June 1931 – 22 March 1999) was a New Zealand bibliographer and literary scholar. He was professor of bibliography and textual criticism at the University of Oxford from 1989 to 1996.
Joseph Thornton (28 September 1808 – 2 June 1891) was a bookseller who founded Thornton's Bookshop in 1835 in Oxford, England, the oldest university bookshop in the city. [1] [2] Joseph Thornton was born in Billericay, Essex, England, the son of John Thornton (1776–1841) and Mary (nee Mabbs, 1777–1852). [3]
The Internet Bookshop was a British online bookseller based in Oxford, started in 1994 by Darryl Mattocks. The company was incorporated as a private limited company in October 1992 with founding director Darryl Mattocks. [1] It was originally called Vision Assist Limited and provided information technology consultancy services.
The 2002 book, Making Meaning: 'Printers of the Mind' and Other Essays by D. F. McKenzie, which McDonald edited with Michael F. Suarez was published in the series, Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book, by the University of Massachusetts Press. [13] The volume was characterized as effective, clear and even-handed. [14] [15]
North of the church is the Martyrs' Memorial, commemorating the Oxford Martyrs. Thornton's Bookshop opened on Magdalen Street in 1835 and was located here until 1840, from 1853 to 1863. St Giles' Fair, held at the beginning of September each year and mainly in St Giles' to the north, extends into Magdalen Street.