Edward Francis Rimbault (13 June 1816 – 26 September 1876) was a British organist, musicologist, book collector and author.
)[1] Rimbault was born in Soho, London, to a family of French Huguenot extraction that had emigrated to England in 1685 after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
[2] He authored several books, including Bibliotheca Madrigaliana: A Bibliographical Account of the Musical and Poetical Works Published in England During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Under the Titles of Madrigals, Ballets, Ayres, Canzonets, Etc., Etc.
Alexander Hyatt King suggested that Rimbault may be best remembered for his magnificent library, which contained many rare items.
[4] Today, the Drexel Collection forms part of the Music Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.