LC control no. | n 83825948 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Britten, James, 1846-1924 |
Associated country | England |
Birth date | 1846-05-03 |
Death date | 1924-10-08 |
Place of birth | Chelsea (London, England) |
Place of death | London (England) |
Profession or occupation | Botanists |
Found in | LCCN 32-18816: His A biographical index of deceased British and Irish botanists, 1931 (hdg.: Britten, James, 1846-1924; usage: James Britten) LC data base, 6-22-83 (hdg.: Britten, James, 1846-1924; usage: James Britten) A biographical index of British and Irish botanists, 1907: t.p. (James Britten, K.S.G., F.L.S., Senior assistant, Department of Botany, British Museum) Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, 19 Apr., 2017 (Britten, James, botanist and Roman Catholic propagandist; born on 3 May 1846 at 18 Shawfield Street, Chelsea, London; in 1869 abandoned medicine for botany and was appointed a junior assistant in the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; in 1871 Britten moved to the department of botany at the British Museum, where he worked until he retired in 1909; died suddenly on 8 October 1924 in Bedford Street, London) <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/38297> |
Associated language | eng |