David Pearson (librarian)
David Pearson (born 1955) is Director of Culture, Heritage and Libraries at the City of London Corporation since 2009; his brief covers London Metropolitan Archives, Guildhall Library, City Business Library, Guildhall Art Gallery etc.[1][2]
Education
Pearson is a graduate of St Bees School[3] (1967 – 1973) and University of Cambridge (1974 – 1977, MA, PhD).[2]
Career
He was previously Director of the University of London Research Library Services (2004–09), Librarian of the Wellcome Trust (1996–2004), Head of Special Collections at the National Art Library (1992–96)[2] and a curator in the Eighteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue project at the British Library (1986–92). He has lectured and published extensively in aspects of book history, with a particular emphasis on books as artefacts, and the ways in which they have been owned and bound. He is author of Provenance Research in Book History (1994), Oxford Bookbinding 1500-1640 (2000), English Bookbinding Styles 1450-1800 (2005) and most recently Books as History : The importance of books beyond their texts. He is President of the Bibliographical Society, 2010-12.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "How we are organised - Who we are". City of London. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- 1 2 3 "David Pearson". LinkedIn. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Bob Pearson (1927-2012)" (PDF). St Bees News: 16. October 2012.
- ↑ Pearson, David. Books as History: The importance of books beyond their texts. London: British Library; New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2008. (ISBN 9781584562337)
- ↑ Who's Who 2010