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Poole, William Frederick

bibliographer, librarian, author, was born Dec. 24, 1821, in Salem, Mass. He was a bibliographer of Chicago, librarian of the Public library there in 1874-87, and, from the latter date, of the Newberry library, Chicago. He is best known as compiler of Poole's Index to Periodical Literature.

Two supplementary volumes carry the work forward to January, 1892. Other works of his are, Anti-Slavery Opinions before 1800; The Battle of the Dictionaries; Websterian Orthography; and Cotton Mather and Salem Witchcraft. He died in 1894.