Samuel Ayscough (1745–1804) was a librarian and indexer, who was described as the "Prince of Index Makers". Samuel Ayscough. Born, 1745. Died, 1804.

Biography: FSA; librarian and index maker; served in the the Depts of Natural History and then Printed Books from 1787-1804 (Assistant Librarian, PB 1791).

28/12/2020 · AYSCOUGH, SAMUEL (1745–1804), librarian and index-maker, was the grandson of William Ayscough, a stationer and printer of Nottingham, ...

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Until Ayscough “brought out his 'Index' in 1790 there was no concordance to Shakespeare. This was a speculation on the part of the publisher, John Sotckdale, ...

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(1745–1804),. an assistant librarian at the British Museum, whose Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made Use of by Shakespeare (1790) was the first ...

This work, extending to 672 pages set in small type, was the first concordance to Shakespeare's plays.