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The Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles is a book collecting and bibliophile club run by, and primarily for, students at Oxford University. It was founded in 1950 by a group of young bibliophiles headed by John Granger, Bent Juel-Jensen and R. John Rickett, and the first meeting was held in Hilary Term of 1951.〔Nash and Howes 2006, p. 11.〕 For fifty years the Society held regular lectures, visits and other events during the University terms, and many of the leading bibliographers, librarians, book collectors, booksellers and other literary figures of the period spoke to the Society or hosted visits. Many of the Society's junior members went on to become prominent figures in the world of books, and some later served as senior members of the Society. One of the most influential members was John Sparrow, Warden of All Souls, who encouraged a love of books and manuscripts in a generation of students, and hosted a termly "Warden's Meeting"〔Davies et al. 1977.〕 at which members were encouraged to bring items from their own libraries to pass round and say a few words about; the tradition of the "Warden's Meeting" continued after 1986, when the Warden himself was too ill to host the meetings and, indeed, after his death in 1992. Another of the Society's traditions was the quality of the termly programme cards, often produced by the leading printers and private presses of the age, including the Oxford and Cambridge University Presses, the Rampant Lions Press, the Samson Press, the Fantasy Press, the Kit-Cat Press, Big Wheel Press, the Perpetua Press, the Incline Press, the Whittington Press, the Libanus Press, the Rocket Press, the Stanbrook Abbey Press and the Stamperia Valdonega.〔Nash and Howes 2006, plates 1-4 and pp. 25-180.〕 After a period of difficulties and disrupted activities in the last decade of the twentieth century, the Society closed in 2000, when interest among the students had declined so far that a junior committee could no longer be formed. However, due to the efforts of a new generation of Oxford students led by Geri Della Rocca de Candal, Enrico Emanuele Prodi and Matthew Cheung Salisbury, aided by Cristina Dondi, Richard Ovenden and a few surviving members of the former Society (notably Colin Franklin and Paul W. Nash), the Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles was refounded in Trinity term 2008 and became fully active in Michaelmas term in the same year. The first termcard for the new Society was printed by the Rampant Lions Press (and was among the last jobs printed by Sebastian Carter). The Society's device, shown opposite, was designed by Michael Harvey. ==Presidents of the revived Society ()== * Trinity Term 2008 to Trinity Term 2009 - Geri Della Rocca de Candal, University College - * Michaelmas Term 2009 - William Kelley, St. John's College * Hilary Term 2010 - Richard Foster, Corpus Christi College * Trinity Term 2010 - Enrico Emanuele Prodi, Merton College - * Michaelmas Term 2010 - Mark Scott, Mansfield College * Hilary Term 2011 - Marco Paoletti, St. John's College * Trinity Term 2011 - Lucy Fisher, University College - * Michaelmas Term 2011 - Kelsey Jackson Williams, Balliol College * Hilary Term 2012 - Jan Willem Scholten, Corpus Christi College * Trinity Term 2012 - Juliet Wesley, Somerville College - * Michaelmas Term 2012 - Harriet Rix, St. Edmund's College * Hilary Term 2013 - Lara Verena Bellenghi, St. Hugh's College * Trinity Term 2013 - Henry Mason, Merton College - * Michaelmas Term 2013 - Emma Rix, Corpus Christi College * Hilary Term 2014 - Tom Cummings, Corpus Christi College * Trinity Term 2014 - Melinda Letts, Christ Church - * Michaelmas Term 2014 - Michael Malone-Lee, University College * Hilary Term 2015 - Theophilius Kwek, Merton College * Trinity Term 2015 - Karen Caines, Trinity College 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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