WHEATLEY,+Henry+Benjamin

WHEATLEY, Henry Benjamin (1838-1917) CL Royal Society 1861 (also Clerk); Assistant Secretary, Royal Society of Arts 1879-1908 He became an authority on cataloguing and indexing; the LA's Wheatley Medal is awarded annually for an outstanding index. His publications included //What is an index?// (1878, 2nd edition 1879), //How to form a library// (1886, 2nd edition 1887), //How to catalogue a library// (1889), //How to make an index// (1902), and the pioneer //Prices of books// (1898). He was also an authority on Pepys and founded the Samuel Pepys Club in 1903. E K Green 'Henry Benjamin Wheatley' (//The indexer// 1964/5, //pp//115-116)