William Osler and Horace Hart, Controller of Oxford University Press William Osler and Horace Hart, Controller of Oxford University Press

Contributor(s): Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. William Osler Photo Collection Publication: Produced: [ca. 1910?] Language(s): No linguistic content Format: Still image Genre(s): Archival Materials Photographic prints Abstract: Osler 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.". [Description courtesy of McGill University.] Copyright: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information) Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101743406X81 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: GFBBFX Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743406X81 Archival Collection: The William Osler Papers (Profiles in Science)