Anthony Hobson (book historian)

Anthony Robert Alwyn Hobson, FBA (5 September 1921 – 12 July 2014) was a British auctioneer and historian, specialising in the history of books.

Hobson was born on 5 September 1921. His wealthy father, Geoffrey Dudley Hobson (1882–1949), had purchased the auction house Sotheby's in 1909 (with Sir Montague Barlow and Felix Warre) and was a renowned historian of books.

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