NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Garnett, Richard, 1789-1850 DNB: Garnett, Richard (1789-1850), philologist LBT ID: RiGarne1850 VIAF ID: 66000921 LOC ID: nb2008001621 | B/BAP: 1789-07-24 DIED: 1850-09-27 |
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The son of a Yorkshire paper-maker, he was priest-vicar of Lichfield Cathedral, assistant
keeper of printed books at the British Museum, and a contributor to the Quarterly Review. He was the father of Richard Garnett (1835-1906). | |