# THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 229524
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 13, 1964
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=229524


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Institute of English Studies, Room 234A, Senate House, Malet Street, LONDON
- **Phone:** 020 7654 4828
- **Email:** bibsoc@london.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.bibsoc.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES AND IN PARTICULAR (A) TO PRINT AND PUBLISH WORKS CONCERNED WITH BIBLIOGRAPHY, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHICH ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE COMMERCIALLY PROFITABLE. (B) TO MAINTAIN A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY, (C) TO HOLD MEETINGS AT WHICH PAPERS ARE READ AND DISCUSSED.

**Activities:** The Bibliographical Society promotes and encourages study and research in historical, analytical, descriptive and textual bibliography, the making and use of manuscripts, the history of printing, publishing and illustration, the history of bookbinding, the history of the book, as well as the history of libraries, provenance, readership, and book collecting.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| DAVID ROBERT STANLEY PEARSON |  |  |
| David Macfarlane |  | Oct. 24, 2023 |
| Dr Alessandro Bianchi |  | Oct. 18, 2022 |
| Dr Alexandra Franklin |  | Oct. 24, 2023 |
| Dr JAMES WILLOUGHBY |  | Oct. 18, 2017 |
| Dr Joseph Frederick Hone |  | Oct. 28, 2025 |
| Dr Julia Lilinoe Morris King |  | Oct. 28, 2025 |
| Dr Karen Limper-Herz |  | Oct. 20, 2015 |
| Dr Laura Janet Cleaver |  | Oct. 28, 2025 |
| Dr Matthew Thomas William Payne |  | Oct. 20, 2020 |
| Dr Nicolas John Bell |  | Oct. 17, 2017 |
| Dr Stella Dragomirova Panayotova |  | Oct. 8, 2024 |
| Dr WILLIAM POOLE |  | Oct. 18, 2017 |
| EDWARD POTTEN |  | Oct. 17, 2017 |
| Gabriel Mary Sewell |  | Oct. 18, 2022 |
| Julia Walworth |  | Oct. 18, 2016 |
| Liam Martin Sims |  | Oct. 24, 2023 |
| Lucy Grace Evans |  | Oct. 8, 2024 |
| MARGARET LANE FORD |  |  |
| Professor James Raven FBA |  | April 23, 2011 |
| RICHARD ALAN LINENTHAL |  |  |



## Linked charities

- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY NO 1 ENDOWMENT FUND (229524-1)
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY GRAHAM POLLARD MEMORIAL LECTURE FUND (229524-2)
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY MEDAL FUND (229524-3)



