About Francis James Burgoyne
Lived 1858 – 1913 (aged 54–55). Francis James Burgoyne was a British librarian and writer.
Francis James Burgoyne (1858 – 18 October 1913) was a British librarian and author. Born in Blaenavon, he was the Chief Librarian of Lambeth from 1887 until his death in 1913. 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".
Books 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.
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Welsh librarian; Chief librarian Monmouth Council (1911)
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Francis James Burgoyne was born in 1858 in Blaenavon.
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Francis James Burgoyne died on 18 October 1913.
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Francis James Burgoyne was a librarian and writer.
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Francis James Burgoyne was British.
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