Francis James Burgoyne (1858[1] – 18 October 1913)[2][3] was a British librarian and author. Born in Blaenavon,[4] he was the Chief Librarian of Lambeth from 1887 until his death in 1913;[5] according to an article in the South London Press, "under his care the Lambeth Libraries became the best equipped institutions of the kind in the Metropolis".[2] An obituary in the Pall Mall Gazette said that "in addition to several authoritative works on public library administration, [he] published some important contributions to Baconian literature".[5]
Books
edit- Library construction, architecture, fittings, and furniture (1897), London: George Allen
- Public Libraries (1899, with J.M. Brydon), London: Royal Institute of British Architects
- Leycester's Commonwealth (1904), Longman's, Green & Co.
References
edit- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837–1915
- ^ a b landmark.lambeth.gov.uk, Frank J. Burgoyne, Chief Librarian, Lambeth, retrieved 10 November 2012
- ^ archive.org History of Queen Elizabeth, Amy Robsart and the Earl of Leicester: being a reprint of "Leycesters commonwealth", 1641 .. (1904)
- ^ 1881 England Census
- ^ a b Pall Mall Gazette, 20 October 1913, quoted at landmark.lambeth.gov.uk, Frank J. Burgoyne, Chief Librarian, Lambeth, retrieved 10 November 2012
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