Sir Henry Ellis

(1777-1869)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ellis, Henry, 1777-1869 NRA: Ellis, Sir Henry (1777-1869) Knight Principal Librarian of British Museum Antiquary DNB: Ellis, Sir Henry (1777–1869), librarian LBT ID: HeEllis1869 VIAF ID: 27181148 LOC ID: n50011810	B/BAP: 1777-11-29 DIED: 1869-01-15
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Educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St. John's College, Oxford, he worked at the Bodleian Library before joining the staff of the British Museum in 1800; he was appointed chief librarian in 1827.
REFERENCES TO Sir Henry Ellis: Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) GEORGE DOUGLAS Found 1: ¶ 18 COUNT NIEMCEWITZ Found 1: ¶ 50