Thomas Watts

(1811-1869)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Watts, Thomas, 1811-1869 NRA: Watts, Thomas (1811-1869) Keeper of Printed Books British Museum, Biographer DNB: Watts, Thomas (1811–1869), librarian LBT ID: ThWatts1869 VIAF ID: 17123596 LOC ID: nr96031701	B/BAP: 1811-04-28 DIED: 1869-09-09
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He was superintendent of the reading room at the British Museum (1857) and keeper of printed books (1866); he contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine and the Athenaeum.
REFERENCES TO Thomas Watts: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XIII Found 1: ¶ 5