Title: William Osler and Horace Hart, Controller of Oxford University Press
Location: Oxford (England)
Date: Oxford Period (1905-1919)
Physical Description: image.photograph.black and white
5.9 x 4.1 cm including borders
Image Number: CUS_064-081A_P
Description: Horace Hart, Controller of Oxford University Press from 1883 to 1915, and William Osler, who was a delegate of the press. Hart was an influential printer and has been credited with raising Oxford University Press to its status as possibly the most prestigious press in the world. He was the author of "Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford", which went into thirty-nine editions over 96 years. Harvey Cushing reports that Hart and Osler were on "most intimate terms" ("The Life of Sir William Osler", vol. 2, p. 199). This photo was reproduced in Cushing's "Life".
Subject Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Subject Hart, Horace, 1840-1916
Subject Men's clothing
Publisher: Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
is Part Of: Cushing Collection
This item is the property of the Osler Library of McGill University. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Osler Library.
Location: Oxford (England)
Date: Oxford Period (1905-1919)
Physical Description: image.photograph.black and white
5.9 x 4.1 cm including borders
Image Number: CUS_064-081A_P
Description: Horace Hart, Controller of Oxford University Press from 1883 to 1915, and William Osler, who was a delegate of the press. Hart was an influential printer and has been credited with raising Oxford University Press to its status as possibly the most prestigious press in the world. He was the author of "Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford", which went into thirty-nine editions over 96 years. Harvey Cushing reports that Hart and Osler were on "most intimate terms" ("The Life of Sir William Osler", vol. 2, p. 199). This photo was reproduced in Cushing's "Life".
Subject Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919
Subject Hart, Horace, 1840-1916
Subject Men's clothing
Publisher: Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
is Part Of: Cushing Collection
This item is the property of the Osler Library of McGill University. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Osler Library.