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137 | https://historysoa.com/items/show/137 | Garnett, Richard | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Garnett%2C+Richard+%281835%E2%80%931906%29">Garnett, Richard (1835–1906)</a> | Richard Garnett (1835–1906); librarian and author. | | | | | | | | | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a> | Garnett-Richard | | | | <a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33334" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33334</a> | | | | | | | | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Author">Author</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Librarian">Librarian</a> | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a> | | | | | | | | | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1906">1906</a> | Richard Garnett (1835–1906; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); librarian and author. Joined the British Museum as an assistant librarian in 1851, becoming superintendent of the Reading Room in 1881 and Keeper of Printed Books in 1890. Published essays in the <em>Literary Gazette</em>,<em> The Examiner</em>, and the <em>Manchester Guardian</em>, edited by his uncle Jeremiah Garnett; also published poetry, and contributed 196 articles to the <em>Dictionary of National Biography</em>. Also published books on history, and collaborated with <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Gosse-Edmund-William">Edmund Gosse</a> on the first two volumes of <em>English Literature: an Illustrated Record</em> (1903). | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1835">1835</a> | | | | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a> | | | | | | | | Portrait of Richard Garnett. Sepia-Toned Bromide Print. 1902. NPG x14372 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw161520/Richard-Garnett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw161520/Richard-Garnett</a>. | | | | | | | https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/137/1902-Garnett-Richard.jpg | Council, criticism, history, life writing, poetry |
40 | https://historysoa.com/items/show/40 | Holmes, Richard Rivington | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Holmes%2C+Richard+Rivington+%281835%E2%80%931911%29">Holmes, Richard Rivington (1835–1911)</a> | Richard Rivington Holmes (1835–1911); Royal Librarian, 1870–1905. | | | | | | | | | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a> | Holmes-Richard-Rivington | | | | <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33955" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33955</a> | | | | | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a> | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</a> | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Librarian">Librarian</a> | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a> | | | | | | | | | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1911">1911</a> | Richard Rivington Holmes (1835–1911; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); Royal Librarian, 1870–1905. Writer of popular biographies of Victoria and Edward VII. Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors. | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1835">1835</a> | | | | | | | | | | | | | Bingham, Robert Jefferson. Portrait of Sir Richard Rivington Holmes. Albumen Carte De Visite. Early 1860s. NPG Ax16407 <span>© National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw111253/Sir-Richard-Rivington-Holmes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw111253/Sir-Richard-Rivington-Holmes</a>.</span> | | | | | | | https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/40/1860s-Holmes-Richard-Rivington.jpg | life writing, Vice-Presidents |
51 | https://historysoa.com/items/show/51 | Nicholson, Edward Williams Byron | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Nicholson%2C+Edward+Williams+Byron+%281849%E2%80%93+1912%29">Nicholson, Edward Williams Byron (1849– 1912)</a> | Edward Nicholson (1849– 1912); librarian. | | | | | | | | | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a> | Nicholson-Edward-Williams-Byron | | | | <a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35227" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35227</a> | | | | | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a> | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</a> | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Librarian">Librarian</a> | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a> | | | | | | | | | | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1912">1912</a> | Edward Nicholson (1849– 1912; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); librarian. Appointed Librarian of the London Institution (1873), and later Bodley's Librarian (1882). A surprise choice, he implemented a series of reforms. Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors. | <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1849">1849</a> | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hardy, Dorofield. Portrait of Edward Williams Byron Nicholson. Oil on Canvas. 1927. <span>Bodleian Libraries.</span> <a href="https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/edward-williams-byron-nicholson-18491912-228569" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/edward-williams-byron-nicholson-18491912-228569</a>. | | | | | | | https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/51/1927-Nicholson-Edward-Williams-Byron.jpeg | Vice-Presidents |