Queens' College, Cambridge are named in his honor. After a long illness John Small died unmarried in Edinburgh on 20 August 1886, and was buried in the Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh. In 1924, the estate of John Small's sister, Jemima, left £5,000 to establish a fund in the name of both her father and her brother for the purchase of books and to subsidize general purpose expenses within the library. Works Besides the works mentioned above, Small wrote: Some Account of the Original Protest of the Bohemian Nobles, 4to, Edinburgh, 1861. Historical Sketch of the Library of the Royal College of Physicians, 4to, Edinburgh, 1863. Biographical Sketch of Dr. Adam Fergusson, 4to, Edinburgh, 1864. Biographical Sketch of Patrick Fraser Tytler, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1864. A Hundred Wonders of the World in Nature and Art, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1876. On Serfdom in Scotland, 4to, Edinburgh, 1878. The Castles and Mansions of the Lothians, 2 vols. Edinburgh, 4to, 1878. Queen Mary at Jedburgh in 1566 … 4to, Edinburgh, 1881. Small edited the following works: The Indian Primer, by John Eliot, 12mo, Edinburgh, 1878 The Image of Ireland, by John Derricke, 4to, Edinburgh, 1883 A Description of the Isles of Orkney, by James Wallace, Edinburgh, 1883 References External links John Small and Son, University of Edinburgh Portrait John Small - Edinburgh University, Gallery of Benefactors Attribution 1828 births 1886 deaths Scottish librarians People educated at Edinburgh Academy Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish poets