GASELEE,+Stephen+(Sir)

GASELEE, Sir Stephen (1882-1943) CL Magdalene College, Cambridge (Pepysian Librarian) 1907; CL Foreign Office (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) 1916-1943 (CL1920) A classical scholar and bibliographer, he vastly improved the stock and service of the Foreign Office. His benefactions included the gift to Cambridge University Library of 300 early printed books.

Ronald Storrs, ‘ Gaselee, Sir Stephen (1882–1943) ’, rev. David McKitterick, //Oxford Dictionary of National Biography//, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 8 Nov 2009