Arundell James Kennedy Esdaile (1880-1956) was a scholar librarian with several claims to distinction: as a well-known Secretary of the British Museum, as a notable biblio grapher and outstanding contributor to the literature of librarianship and as a dominant figure in the affairs of the Library Association during the period I920-I945, more particularly as editor of the Library Association Record and as a President of the Libraiy Association with an unusually long period of service.
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