BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS Eng lish librarian, was born at Hanwell, Dec. 31, 1815, the son of a schoolmaster. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' school, and in 1832 obtained a post in the Public Record Office. In 1838 he entered the manuscript department of the British Museum. In 1854 he became assistant keeper of mss., and in 1867 was pro moted to the post of keeper. His work in re-organizing the manu script department was of lasting value, and to him is due the classified catalogue of mss. and the improved efficiency of the department. From 1878-88 he was principal librarian. Under his supervision were erected the new buildings of the "White wing," which provide accommodation for prints, drawings, manuscripts, and newspapers, and the purchase of the Stowe mss. was con cluded while he remained in office. He founded, in conjunction with Sir E. Maunde Thompson, the Palaeographical Society, and first made classical palaeography an exact science. He was created K.C.B. the day before his death, on Jan. 2, 1898. He edited four volumes of facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon charters from 679 to the Conquest, The Speeches in the Trial of Warren Hastings (1859 61), and a number of other interesting historic documents.