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Mary Eccles, Viscountess Eccles : ウィキペディア英語版 | Mary Eccles, Viscountess Eccles Mary Morley Crapo Hyde Eccles, Viscountess Eccles (8 July 1912–26 August 2003) was a book collector and author. She was renowned for establishing one of the biggest private collections of 18th century literature with her first husband, Donald Hyde (1909-1966). This include works from Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. She also created an Oscar Wilde Collection which was bequeathed to the British Library in 2003. Her second marriage (in 1984) was to the British peer, David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, with whom she co-founded the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library in 1992. ==Early life and education==
Eccles was born Mary Morley Crapo in Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1912. She attended Vassar College in New York State where she became friends with novelist Mary McCarthy. She later attended Columbia University where she undertook her PhD in English literature. The dissertation from her doctorate was later developed into a book, entitled ''Playwriting for Elizabethans''.〔''Mary Viscountess Eccles'' (2003), The Telegraph, London, UK, viewed 4 June 2011, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1439977/Mary-Viscountess-Eccles.html〕
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