British Library

noun

1. the national library of Great Britain: part of the British Museum until 1973.

British Library

noun

1. the British national library, formed in 1973 from the British Museum library and other national collections: housed mainly in the British Museum until 1997 when a purpose-built library in St Pancras, London, was completed

Example Sentences

The British Library has honoured late Irish writer Oscar Wilde by reissuing a reader's card in his name, 130 years after his original was revoked following his conviction for "gross indecency".

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Dame Carol Black, chair of the British Library, described Wilde as "one of the most significant literary figures of the nineteenth century".

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A video posted on social media shows the siren sounds blaring inside the usually tranquil British Library in London.

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Founded in 2015 as the UK's leading centre of AI research, the Turing Institute, which is headquartered at the British Library in London, has been rocked by internal discontent and criticism of its research activities.

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Founded in 2015 as the UK's leading centre of AI research, the Turing institute, which is headquartered at the British Library in London, has been rocked by internal discontent and criticism of its research activities.

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