Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906

Epithet: LLD, Keeper of Printed Books British Museum

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x00015c

English librarian.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : British Museum, to F.J. Dreer, 1892 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269566963

Librarian of the British Museum.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to W.A. Knight, 1889 Oct. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863985

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to W.A. Knight, [no year] Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863987

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to W.A. Knight, 1905 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863999

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to W.A. Knight, 1889 Sept 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863981

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to W.A. Knight, 1899 Aug. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863990

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to W.A. Knight, 1905 Jan. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863996

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to W.A. Knight, 1905 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864003

From the description of Autograph postcard signed : Princetown, to W.A. Knight, [1896] Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864011

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to W.A. Knight, 1900 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863993

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to W.A. Knight, [no year] Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864008

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to W.A. Knight, [n.d.] "Tuesday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864005

Author and museum employee.

From the description of Letters from Richard Garnett [manuscript] 1881-92. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647936206

Richard Garnett was the keeper of printed books in the British Museum. He also wrote biographies of Milton, Carlyle, Emerson, and Coleridge, as well as several volumes of original and translated verse.

From the description of Letters to W. Streatfeild and John Lane, 1893-1898. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228721113

Richard Garnett (1835-1906) was an English librarian and author. Edmund Gosse (1849-1928) was an English poet and critic.

From the description of Richard Garnett and Sir Edmund Gosse letters 1896. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 45225937

Richard Garnett (1835–1906) worked at the British Museum for 50 years, and became Keeper of Printed Books; he was the author of many biographies, histories of Italian and English literature, verse translations of European poetry, and a poet in his own right.

His son, Edward (1868–1937), was a publisher's editor for over 50 years. He recognized the literary talents of such authors as Stephen Crane, Robert Frost, Sinclair Lewis and Ernest Hemingway, and was able to get their work published in England. Edward Garnett was also the friend and advisor of such writers as Joseph Conrad, W.H. Hudson, John Galsworthy, D.H. Lawrence, W.H. Davies, and T.E. Lawrence.

David Garnett (1892–1981), Edward's son, became an author and wrote eleven novels as well as his autobiography; he edited the letters of T.E. Lawrence and the novels of Thomas Love Peacock. He and Francis Birrell started a bookshop; he helped found the Nonesuch Press and the publishing firm of Rupert Hart-Davis.

From the guide to the Garnett Family Papers, 1784-2005, 1814-1981, (Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections)