| AdminHistory | Emile Zola was born in Paris on 2 April 1840. He attended the College of Aix and the Lyce Saint Louis in Paris. In 1862 he was employed by Hachette and Co, and later on the 'Evenement' newspaper. He published many novels, short stories and essays. Zola died on 29 September 1902. |
| 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. |