George Bullen (librarian)

He was educated at St Saviour's Grammar School, Southwark, in London and after initially giving private tuition he joined the British Museum in 1838 as a supernumerary assistant in the Department of Printed Books, where he would work for over fifty years.

His arrival coincided with the Library's move into its new building in Bloomsbury and one of his earliest tasks was to assist in arranging the books on the shelves.

He was a regular contributor to The Athenaeum and was a vice-president of the Library Association, taking a prominent part in many of its annual congresses.

He married Eliza Mary Martin (1823/4-1887) on 10 May 1851 at St George's, Bloomsbury and they had at least two sons, one of whom, Arthur (1857-1920), became a successful editor of Elizabethan works and a publisher.

Bullen died at his house, 62 Abingdon Road, Kensington, on 10 October 1894, and was buried with his first wife and one of his sisters on the east side of Highgate Cemetery.