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William Reade (sometimes Rede; died 1385) was a medieval Bishop of Chichester.Reade was brought up from boyhood to maturity by his friend and protégé Nicholas of Sandwich. He was then educated at Exeter College Oxford and elected from it to a fellowship at Merton College Oxford where astronomy mathematics and natural philosophy (science) flourished. He collected what was probably the largest private library in 14th-century England and was one of the University’s greatest benefactors.
