| AdminHistory | Born in Brooklyn, New York, of an English mother; brought in infancy to England; LittD; exponent of sacramental religion and mysticism; died, 1942. Publications: numerous poetical and prose writings, including works on freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, the Holy Grail, alchemy, the occult, magic, tarot, and various mystics, 1886-1939. |
| CustodialHistory | Part of the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), linguistic psychologist, founder of the Orthological Institute and originator of the language system Basic English, whose interests in language systems are reflected in the subject matter of his collection, which comprised individual manuscripts and manuscript collections dating from the 14th to the 20th century. |