The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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George Stanhope, Dean of Canterbury (5 Mar 1660 - 18 Mar 1728)

Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26246 References in Documents:
Gentle Traveller (Curatorial catalogue) (q) A large octagonal marble table, inlaid with scenes from Ovid. Another similar table, probably ordered for Lord Stanhope when Bargrave, his tutor, had this made was presented or bequeathed to the Library by Dr George Stanhope, Dean of Canterbury from 1704 until his death in 1748.