Alfred Hackman
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Alfred Hickman | |
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| Died | 18 September 1874 (aged 63) Long Ditton, Surrey, England |
| Occupation | Sub-librarian at the Bodleian Library |
Alfred Hackman (1811โ1874) was sub-librarian at the Bodleian Library.
Early life
Hackman was born in Fulham, southwest of London, on 8 April 1811. His father, Thomas Hackman, was the parochial vestry clerk in Fulham, giving him access to the powerful Bishop of London, William Howley. Through Howley's influence, Alfred Hackman matriculated as a servitor of Christ Church, Oxford on 25 October 1832. Hackman was educated in France, and then spent several years as an usher in a boarding-school run by his father. Hackman graduated from university with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1837 and then received a Master of Arts degree in 1840.
Career
Through the influence of
at Christ Church.From 1844 to 1871 Hackman was vicar of St. Paul's, where he exercised a considerable influence as a preacher, not only on his own parishioners, but also on the undergraduates of the university, who were attracted by his earnestness and quaint vivacity. Hackman attended to his parish, with his free time largely occupied by his duties in the Bodleian Library, where in 1862 he was appointed sub-librarian. Hackman published A Catalogue of the Collection of the Tanner MSS in the Bodleian, Oxford 1860.
Death
In 1873, Hackman retired from the library and Christ Church due to poor health. He died, unmarried, in his brother's house in the village of
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Hackman, Alfred". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885โ1900.
