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Britten, James, 1846-1924

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Personal name headingBritten, James, 1846-1924
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Associated countryEngland
Birth date1846-05-03
Death date1924-10-08
Place of birthChelsea (London, England)
Place of deathLondon (England)
Profession or occupationBotanists
Found inLCCN 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)
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Associated languageeng