The son of William Henry Overall and Rosetta Davey, he was born on 18 January 1829 at St. John's Wood. He was educated at a private school and then at the newly opened City of London College, Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate. He entered the office of the town clerk at the Guildhall, City of London in 1847, and in 1857 was appointed sub-librarian of the Guildhall Library, which then consisted of a few rooms in the front of the Guildhall. In 1865, on the death of William Turner Alchin, he received the appointment of librarian, and, on the completion of the new building in Basinghall Street at the eastern end of the Guildhall, he superintended the move of the collections to the new building and arranged the museum.[1]
He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in May 1868, and was for many years a member of the councils of the Library Association and the London and Middlesex Archæological Society. He died at Crouch End, Middlesex, after a long illness, on 28 June 1888, and was buried in St. Pancras cemetery, Finchley, on 3 July.[1]
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In 1877 he was presented with the honorary freedom and livery of the Clockmakers' Company, of whose library and museum of clocks and watches he had prepared a printed catalogue in 1875; which was followed in 1881 by his History of the company. In conjunction with his cousin, H. C. Overall, he prepared for the corporation library committee in 1878 an Analytical Index to the Series of Records known as the Remembrancia preserved among the Archives of the City of London, A.D. 1579–1664, with biographical and historical notes. This work was the outcome of an examination of the corporation records and a report on their condition.[1]
Overall also wrote catalogues of various collections in the Guildhall Library, papers on antiquarian subjects, and:
A Dictionary of Chronology, 1870;
The Accounts of the Church-wardens of St. Michael, Cornhill, 1456–1608, edited in 1871;
Civitas Londinum: a facsimile of Agas's Map of London, with an Introduction, 1874.[1]
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He was married, on 20 April 1851, to Mary Anne Elizabeth Bailey, by whom he had fourteen children, nine of whom survived him.[1]
william, henry, overall, 1829, 1888, english, librarian, antiquary, contents, life, works, family, referenceslife, editthe, rosetta, davey, born, january, 1829, john, wood, educated, private, school, then, newly, opened, city, london, college, crosby, hall, bi. William Henry Overall 1829 1888 was an English librarian and antiquary Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Family 4 ReferencesLife editThe son of William Henry Overall and Rosetta Davey he was born on 18 January 1829 at St John s Wood He was educated at a private school and then at the newly opened City of London College Crosby Hall Bishopsgate He entered the office of the town clerk at the Guildhall City of London in 1847 and in 1857 was appointed sub librarian of the Guildhall Library which then consisted of a few rooms in the front of the Guildhall In 1865 on the death of William Turner Alchin he received the appointment of librarian and on the completion of the new building in Basinghall Street at the eastern end of the Guildhall he superintended the move of the collections to the new building and arranged the museum 1 He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in May 1868 and was for many years a member of the councils of the Library Association and the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society He died at Crouch End Middlesex after a long illness on 28 June 1888 and was buried in St Pancras cemetery Finchley on 3 July 1 Works editIn 1877 he was presented with the honorary freedom and livery of the Clockmakers Company of whose library and museum of clocks and watches he had prepared a printed catalogue in 1875 which was followed in 1881 by his History of the company In conjunction with his cousin H C Overall he prepared for the corporation library committee in 1878 an Analytical Index to the Series of Records known as the Remembrancia preserved among the Archives of the City of London A D 1579 1664 with biographical and historical notes This work was the outcome of an examination of the corporation records and a report on their condition 1 Overall also wrote catalogues of various collections in the Guildhall Library papers on antiquarian subjects and A Dictionary of Chronology 1870 The Accounts of the Church wardens of St Michael Cornhill 1456 1608 edited in 1871 Civitas Londinum a facsimile of Agas s Map of London with an Introduction 1874 1 Family editHe was married on 20 April 1851 to Mary Anne Elizabeth Bailey by whom he had fourteen children nine of whom survived him 1 References edit a b c d e Welch 1895 Attribution nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Welch Charles 1895 Overall William Henry In Lee Sidney ed Dictionary of National Biography Vol 42 London Smith Elder amp Co Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Henry Overall amp oldid 1123017009, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
