John Price (librarian)

John Price (1735–1813) was a Welsh librarian and Anglican priest, who was in charge of the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford for 45 years.

He was initially appointed janitor of the Bodleian Library by Humphrey Owen in 1757, becoming sub-librarian in 1761.

He was acting librarian from 1765 to 1767 when Owen was Principal of Jesus College, succeeding as librarian upon Owen's death in 1768 after an election (in which he defeated William Cleaver, who later became Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford and Bishop of Chester).

He also held various appointments as a parish priest in England and in Wales, and wrote some works such as a Short Account of Holyhead in the Isle of Anglesea (1783).

His collection of books, manuscripts, maps and prints took five days to sell after his death.