“ Long before his retirement it had been realized that the post of librarian in charge of some 70,000 volumes, to which additions are constantly being made, is what the modern world calls "a whole-time job"; and the same may be said of the secretarial work. So the offices were again separated, with Tedder's full approval. It was never a secret that he preferred his bookshelves to his kitchen accounts! Nor was his biographical activity confined to the Athenæum. No man was more active than he in organizing, directing ad contributing to the work of the Library Association and kindred institutions. ”

“ Former librarian of the Athenæum
Literary men, and especially men interested in the organization of libraries will regret to learn that Mr. Henry Richard Tedder, died yesterday in his house at Putney, after a painful illness. ”

“ He had just completed his 74th year, and for over 50 years had been identified with libraries, and with the efforts that have been so constantly made since about the year 1877 to reduce the rules of the classification and arrangement of books to something like a science, and to improve the profession position of librarians. ”