Hugh Chaplin
Hugh Chaplin | |
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Born | Arthur Hugh Chaplin 17 April 1905 Bexhill-on-Sea, England |
Died | 24 December 1996 London, England | (aged 91)
Education | Bedford Modern School |
Alma mater | University College London |
Known for | Principal Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum |
Arthur Hugh Chaplin
In 1963, Chaplin was the first non-American recipient of the Margaret Mann Citation in Cataloguing and Classification for ‘his masterly preparation of the Draft Statement of Principles which showed creative insight into universal conditions of bibliographical entry’ and would form the basis of an international agreement reached at the IFLA Conference on Cataloguing Principles held in Paris in 1961.[3][7]
Early life
Arthur Hugh Chaplin was born in Bexhill-on-Sea on 17 April 1905.[8] He was the son of Herbert Frederick Chaplin, a Wesleyan Minister, and his wife, Florence Bessie (née Lusher).[9][10] The young Chaplin was educated at Bedford Modern School and later studied Latin at the University of London.[11] After his degree he obtained a Diploma of The School of Librarianship and Archives at University College London.[3][11] He was demonstrably adept at modern languages and used his skills to great effect as a later interpreter at international cataloguing conferences.[3]
Career
Chaplin's career in librarianship began at the university libraries of
Chaplin was a prolific author in the fields of librarianship and cataloguing, working hard to achieve an international standard for cataloguing through participation in the international conferences of his time.[4][5][3][6] In 1963, he was the first non-American recipient of the Margaret Mann Citation in Cataloguing and Classification for ‘his masterly preparation of the Draft Statement of Principles which showed creative insight into universal conditions of bibliographical entry’ and would form the basis of an international agreement reached at the IFLA Conference on Cataloguing Principles held in Paris in 1961.[3][7]
Chaplin was made a Fellow of
Personal life
Chaplin died in London on 24 December 1996.[13]
Selected works
- Statement of principles: adopted by the International Conference on Cataloguing Principles, Paris, October 1961. Published Sevenoaks, Kent. Distributed by IFLA Secretariat, 1967[14]
- New patterns of national published bibliographies. Published by The British Library, London, 1977[15]
- GK: 150 years of the General Catalogue of printed books in the British Museum. Published by Scolar Press, Aldershot, 1987[16]
References
- ^ "obituary: A. H. Chaplin". The Independent. 4 January 1997. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j LIBRARY RESOURCES AND TECHNICAL SERVICES, Vol. 7, No. 4, Fall 1963, pp 309-311
- ^ a b "Chaplin, A. H. 1905–1996 (Arthur Hugh) [WorldCat Identities]". worldcat.org.
- ^ ISBN 9789401529853.
- ^ ISBN 9781579582449.
- ^ ISBN 9780824720179.
- ^ England & Wales, Death Index, 1916–2007
- ^ "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ England Census, 1911
- ^ a b "Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com.
- THE LONDON GAZETTE, 13TH JUNE 1970, Issue 45117, p. 6367
- ISBN 9780712310697. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- OCLC 8875163.
- OCLC 3379693.
- OCLC 503647174.