Ernest Cushing Richardson collection of French and Italian manuscripts, 1179-1825

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1860, Feb. 9	Born, Woburn, Mass.
1879-1880	First assistant librarian, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.
1880	A.B., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.
1883	A.M., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. Graduated, Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Conn.
1884-1890	Librarian, Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford Conn.
1885-1890	Associate professor of bibliography
1887	Ph.D., Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.
1890-1920	Librarian, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
1891	Married, Grace Duncan Ely
1896	Honorary A.M., Princeton University, Princeton, N.Y.
1900-1912	Member, New Jersey Public Library Commission
1904-1905	President, American Library Association
1915-1918	President, American Library Institute
1920-1923	Director, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
1923-1925	Honorary director emeritus and research professor of bibliography
1925	Consultant in bibliography and research, Library of Congress
1939, June 3	Died, Princeton, N.J.