Though long, it was a good title; it told no lies and made no false promises. An instant success, STC, as it became known, has been invaluable then and since. But its short gestation belied the complexity of the subject. Gilbert Redgrave had time on his hands and Alfred Pollard, Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, was anxious for more work to assuage the loss of two sons killed in the First World War. Finding aids were few, and the realisation that many books had been missed, and others that seemed the same were in fact different editions of the same book, showed that STC needed revision The authors set to work again, and others joined them; F.S Ferguson devoted his life to it In 1935 a young American bibliographer, William A Jackson, joined the hunt.

No complete list of all the books printed in and before Shakespeare's time existed until, in 1918, two men, neither young, applied themselves to the task. Katharine Ferriday Pantzer, bibliographer: born Indianapolis 28 October 1930; Research Assistant, Houghton Library 1962-64, Research Bibliographer 1964-91; died Columbus, Indiana 4 October 2005. On 22 October, he will be remembered in a special edition of Home Truths, the Radio 4 show he hosted, featuring his widow Sheila and their children at Peel Acres.. There were still people registering gigs this week."Peel, born John Robert Parker Ravenscroft in Heswall, Wirral, in 1939, was among the UK's most influential music broadcasters during his 40-year career. You only have to say the words 'John Peel Day' and everyone knows that means new music It got its own head of steam.

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And in Leeds Grammar School, which produced the Kaiser Chiefs, a 15-year-old pupil persuaded teachers to hold a tribute.Radio 1 wants the second Thursday of October to become a fixture in the music world's calendar as a day to celebrate new music.Jason Carter, the head of live music at Radio 1, who organised the day, said: "We wanted to make sure we continue his legacy and support a day of new music on whatever scale from pub gigs to arena dates As soon as we announced it, everybody bought in to it. There was also an organised bike ride from the south coast to the family home, Peel Acres, in Suffolk.Peel championed many of the bands and artists who paid their respects, including Bloc Party, who played at the Birmingham Academy, the Mercury Music Prize winner Badly Drawn Boy, who performed in Manchester and Half Man Half Biscuit, who played Liverpool's Carling Academy.The Eels and Royksopp took the stage at the Manchester Academy, K T Tunstall performed at the Sheffield Octagon and Black Mariah took over the Virgin Megastore on Oxford Street. Liverpool FC, another of his great loves, staged a tournament in his memory at its academy in Kirkby, where teams representing some of Liverpool's most famous musicians competed for the John Peel Memorial Trophy.Peel's son, Tom Ravenscroft, entered his own team, Ravenscroft Stanley, playing against teams representing The Farm, The La's, Shack and Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. The station also played recordings from a memorial concert held in his memory at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Wednesday night headlined by New Order, The Fall and the Super Furry Animals.Through the day, Radio 1 gave airtime to some of Peel's favourite tracks, including the White Stripes' "Hotel Yorba", The Undertones' "Teenage Kicks", Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and Underworld's "Born Slippy".The music broadcaster died from a heart attack on 25 October 2004 on holiday in Peru His life was not commemorated through music alone. John Peel Day was a global event, but its constituent parts were as down to earth as the man himself.