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The British Museum today.

The British Museum in London was founded in 1753, to house collections donated by Sir Hans Sloane. Over two and a half centuries it has given rise to two other institutions, the Natural History Museum, and the British Library. This portal is to collect in one place related texts. These include numerous author pages for writers who worked at the museum, as well as biographies of other heads and staff.

Works about the Museum

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Works from the Museum's collections

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Staff as authors

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Image Author British Museum position Notes
 
 John Parker Anderson In the library of British Museum DNB author
 
 Robert Nisbet Bain Assistant Librarian Bain, Robert Nisbet
EB1911 author
 
 George Frederick Barwick Assistant Keeper of Printed Books EB1911 author
 
 Henry Hervey Baber Keeper of Printed Books Henry Hervey Baber
 
 Cecil Bendall Senior assistant in the department of Oriental manuscripts, and printed books 1882 to 1893 DNB author
 
 George Albert Boulenger In charge of the collections of Reptiles and Fishes EB1911 author
 
 Robert Brown Keeper of the botanical collections Brown, Robert (1773-1858) (DNB00)
 
 Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities DNB author
 
 Nicholas Carlisle Carlisle, Nicholas
 
 George Clinch Librarian, Department of Printed Books DNB author
 
 Sidney Colvin Keeper of Prints and Drawings DNB author, EB1911 author
 
 Charles Henry Coote Assistant Librarian DNB author
 
 Lionel Henry Cust Assistant in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, 1884-95 DNB author; Director of the National Portrait Gallery, 1895-1909. Surveyor of the King's Pictures and Works of

Art

 
 James Dallas Curator DNB author
 
 Francis Douce Keeper of Manuscripts Douce, Francis (DNB00)
 
 Campbell Dodgson Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings DNB author
 
 Robert Kennaway Douglas Keeper of Oriental books and manuscripts DNB author
 
 Edward Edwards Assistant to Printed Books, catalogue work Edwards, Edward (1812-1886) (DNB00)
 
 Robert Etheridge Assistant Keeper Geological Department British Museum (Natural History) Etheridge, Robert (DNB12)
 
 Louis Alexander Fagan Department of Prints and Drawings Fagan, Louis Alexander (DNB12)
DNB author
 
 William Younger Fletcher Assistant Keeper of Printed Books DNB author
 
 William Henry Flower Director of the Natural History departments Flower, William Henry (DNB01)
DNB author
 
 George Knottesford Fortescue Keeper of the Printed Books DNB author; ODNB
 
 Richard Garnett Keeper of Printed Books Garnett, Richard (DNB12)
DNB author, EB1911 author
 
 Lionel Giles Keeper of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts
 
 Robert Edmund Graves Assistant Keeper of Printed Books DNB author
 
 John Edward Gray Keeper of Zoology Gray, John Edward (DNB00)
  Barclay Vincent Head Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals
 
 Harry Reginald Holland Hall Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities DNB author
 
 John Alexander Herbert Deputy Keeper of Manuscripts DNB author, CE author
 
 George Francis Hill Keeper of the Department of Coins EB1911 author
 
 Augustus Hughes-Hughes Assistant in the Department of Manuscripts DNB author
 
 Isaac Herbert Jeayes Department of Manuscripts
  Henry Jenner DNB author
 
 Charles Francis Keary Department of Coins DNB author
 
 Leonard William King Assistant Keeper in department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities DNB author
 
 Edwin Ray Lankester Director of the Natural History Museum (1898–1907) "Lankester, Sir Edwin Ray," in Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed., 1922)
 
 Richard Lydekker Keeper of Palaeontology, 1882-96; subsequently in charge of the Mammalian Exhibition Gallery. DNB author
 
 Arthur William Kaye Miller Keeper of Printed Books succeeded George Knottesford Fortescue
 
 Freeman Marius O'Donoghue Assistant Keeper of Prints and Drawings DNB author
 
 Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi Principal Librarian, having been Keeper of Printed Books Panizzi, Anthony (DNB00)
 
 Alfred William Pollard Assistant Keeper of Printed Books EB1911 contributor
 
 Reginald Stuart Poole Keeper of Coins and Medals
 
 Charles Hercules Read Keeper of British and medieval antiquities DNB author
 
 William Brenchley Rye Keeper Of Printed Books
 
 Edward John Long Scott Keeper of Manuscripts DNB author
 
 Robert Farquharson Sharp Keeper of Printed Books DNB author
 
 Richard Bowdler Sharpe Assistant Keeper in the Department of Zoology Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (DNB12)
 
 John Thomas Smith Keeper of Prints and Drawings Smith, John Thomas (1766-1833) (DNB00)
 
 William Barclay Squire In charge of printed music DNB author
 
 George Frederic Warner Keeper of Manuscripts DNB author
 
 Adam White Department of Zoology White, Adam (DNB00)
 
 Bernard Barham Woodward Librarian, British Museum (Natural History) DNB author
 
 Warwick William Wroth Senior Assistant Keeper of Coins and Medals Wroth, Warwick William (DNB12)
DNB author
 
 Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther Keeper of the Zoological Department

Principal librarians and directors

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Keepers

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The Great Court of the Museum, surrounding the original Reading Room.
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Others

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