 Dr. Elias Bouhereau, a Huguenot refugee from La Rochelle who fled from France after the Revocation of the edict of Nantes, was the first librarian or Keeper, and also donated his personal library.The Library was formally incorporated in 1707 by Parliament, which vested the house and books in a body known as the "Governors and Guardians of the Library", comprising religious and state dignitaries and officials, and their successors still oversee it.Narcissus Marsh died in 1713, and is buried just beyond the library, in the grounds of the cathedral.