Philip Gaskell

[1] He was born on 6 January 1926 in Highgate, London, the son of John Wellesley Gaskell, director of an engineering company, and his wife, Olive Elizabeth Baker, who was a Quaker.[1][2] At Glasgow University, Gaskell worked from 1962 as keeper of the early books in the library, and master of Wolfson Hall.[3] Gaskell later taught as a visitor at Caltech during the period 1983–1988, while investigating the possible application of bibliographical techniques to film.[2] His pupils included Donald Francis McKenzie, professor of English at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, then Oxford, and James Mosley, librarian of the St Bride printing library.[2] Gaskell's books included an updating and replacement[4] of Ronald Brunlees McKerrow's Introduction to Bibliography.
bibliographerHighgateQuakerDragon SchoolOundle SchoolKing's College, CambridgeDadie RylandsGlasgow UniversityTrinity College, CambridgeWren LibrarySandars Readership in BibliographyCaltechDonald Francis McKenzieVictoria UniversityJames MosleyRonald Brunlees McKerrowJohn BaskervilleWilliam MasonFoulis press