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Bernard Amtmann

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Bernard Amtmann was the moving force behind the foundation of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Canada in 1966 and served as its first president. He made a significant contribution to the field of Canadian bibliography, publishing a number of bibliographies and bibliographic tools, most
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First awarded in 1992, and offered in his memory through the Bibliographic Society of Canada, the Bernard Amtmann Fellowship award is handed out every three years to a scholar in one of four areas of interest: Candiana, book collecting, bookselling, and bibliography.
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where he started a small antiquarian bookselling business, issuing his first catalogue by 1948. He transferred his business to
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and founder of Montreal Book Auctions in 1967 and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada in 1966, was born in
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The Bibliographical Society of Canada ☙ La Société bibliographique du Canada
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Amtmann received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the
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Contributions to a Short-Title Catalogue of Canadiana
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Contributions to a Dictionary of Canadian Pseudonyms
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bookseller
bibliographer
publisher
Vienna
Austria
immigrated
Canada
Ottawa
Montreal
Canadiana
Toronto
University of Saskatchewan Regina Campus
"Bernard Amtmann"
"Bernard Amtmann, 1907-1979: A Personal Memoir, by John Mappin and John Archer"
doi
10.33137/pbsc.v26i1.17674
ISSN
0067-6896
"Honorary Degrees - University of Saskatchewan"
"Fellowship & Awards"
(Bernard Amtmann fonds, R11695)
Library and Archives Canada
Categories
Canadian people of Austrian descent
1907 births
1979 deaths
Austrian antiquarians
Austrian emigrants to Canada
Austrian bibliographers
Canadian bibliographers

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