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Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906

LC control no.n 79059978
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR4708.G5
Personal name headingGarnett, Richard, 1835-1906
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See alsoAlternate identity: Trent, A. G., 1835-1906
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Family: Garnett (Family : 1789-1981 : England)
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Employer: British Museum
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Graduate of: University of Edinburgh
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Associated countryEngland
Birth date1835-02-27
Death date1906-04-13
Place of birthLichfield (England)
Place of deathLondon (England)
Field of activityliterature library science astrology
Profession or occupationlibrarians authors
Found inThe Philological Essays of the late Rev. R. Garnett, of the British Museum, 1859
British Library database 18 Jan. 2008 (heading: Garnett, Richard, C.B., Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum)
A treatise of natal astrology, 1894: title page: (A.G. Trent)
British Library Catalog (Trente, A.G. [i.e. Richard Garnett])
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, database, June 16, 2020 (heading: Richard Garnett, 1835-1906; keeper of printed books at the British Museum;1883 made an LLD of Edinburgh University (and was thereafter known as 'Dr Garnett'); and he was created CB in the new year's honours of 1895; wrote also under name A.G. Trent; born Lichfield, England on 27 February 1835; died 13 April 1906 in London; wrote poetry, on astrology and many essays on librarianship; not to be confused with his father Richard Garnett (1789-1850))