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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Ladborough, Richard William (1908-1972), Pepys Librarian and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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Other form(s) of name
Ladenburg, Richard William (birth name)
Ladborough, Dick (familiar name)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1908-1972
History
Richard Ladborough was a Fellow of French at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Pepys Librarian. He specialised in the Enlightenment era of French literature, and donated a wealth of such books to the College which are now held by the Old Library. Friend and correspondent of C.S. Lewis.
Obituary: Magdalene College Magazine and Record, New Series No. 16: 1971-72, p. 3