# Thomas Bodley (@thomas-bodley)

Sir Thomas Bodley (2 March 1545 – 28 January 1613) was an English diplomat and scholar who founded the Bodleian Library in Oxford.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Thomas Bodley's public record._

## Topics

- [Evidence and Limits](/@thomas-bodley/evidence-and-limits.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Documented Work](/@thomas-bodley/documented-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Field and Context](/@thomas-bodley/field-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://id.loc.gov/search/?q=Thomas%20Bodley&q=cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2Fnames
- blog: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Thomas%20Bodley
- blog: https://www.si.edu/search?edan_q=Thomas%20Bodley

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "thomas-bodley", "question": "…"}`.