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This document is an introduction to a collection of essays titled "In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays". It provides a brief biography of Thomas Bodley, the founder of the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. It describes how Bodley was born in 1544 during a time of religious difficulties in England. As a young man, he and his family fled to Germany and Switzerland to escape religious persecution. After returning to England, Bodley studied at Oxford for 17 years before traveling abroad. In 1588,

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