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Later life

In 1903 Thomas Lyster published his work called ‘The idea of a great public library’ in the Library Association Record, which was inspired by John Henry Newman and his work The idea of a university.^[1] Near the end of this paper, Lyster argues against censorship and writes that “in a great library all things, good an evil, fall into their places, are seen in the just light, and proportion, and the totality of the record of human thought and feeling is a witness for what is wholesome, true and good”.^[2]

Thomas Lyster was also known for the critical papers he published in The Academy and for his papers on library technique and theory.^[3] Although he published a lot of his own work, he was also known to regularly contribute to literary journals.^[1] His two articles ‘Edward Dowen and his work’ and ‘Carlyle in Dublin’ were both published in the Irish Book Lover in 1914 and 1920.^[1]

Thomas Lyster retired from the National Library of Ireland in 1920 after forty-two years of service.^[4] The same year that Thomas Lyster retired from his position as the director of the National Library of Ireland, he married Jane Robinson Campbell, on the 28^th of December in Dublin.^[5]

Death

Thomas and Jane were married for just under two years when Lyster sadly passed away on the 12^th of December 1922 at his home, 10 Harcourt Terrace, Dublin.^[1] After he passed away, it was his wife Jane who survived him.^[2] In his death notice published by The Irish Times on the 16^th of December, no cause of death is reported but, it does state that he passed away suddenly.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Lyster, Thomas William | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
^ ^a ^b "Lyster, Thomas William (1855–1922), librarian and literary scholar". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/59736. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
^ Thom's Irish who's who: a biographical book of reference of prominent men and women in Irish life at home and abroad. Dublin, London: A. Thom & Co. 1923.
^ ^a ^b "Death of M. T. W. Lyster, M.A.". Weekly Irish Times. 16 December 1922. p. 1.
^ "Irish Genealogy". civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 2023-11-14.

[:0-1] "Lyster, Thomas William | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 2023-10-02.

[:1-2] "Lyster, Thomas William (1855–1922), librarian and literary scholar". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/59736. Retrieved 2023-11-09.

[3] Thom's Irish who's who: a biographical book of reference of prominent men and women in Irish life at home and abroad. Dublin, London: A. Thom & Co. 1923.

[:2-4] "Death of M. T. W. Lyster, M.A.". Weekly Irish Times. 16 December 1922. p. 1.

[5] "Irish Genealogy". civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 2023-11-14.

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