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Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys, oil painting by John Hayls, 1666; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Samuel Pepys left his famous library of books and manuscripts to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he had been a student. During the final 14 years of his life, he dedicated significant effort to the organization of this collection, which remains a notable example of early modern library practice.12