Richard Garnett     Biographical Summary Date of Birth 1835 Place of Birth   Date of Death 1906 Place of Death   Monument     Vocation & Acclamations Author Bibliographer

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Biographical Details and Notes

• When his father (Rev. Richard Garnett) died Panizzi offered the sixteen year old Richard Garnett a position within the British Museum, so continuing the Garnett family's work within the Reading Room.

• Rev Richard Garnett had catalogued the books in the Reading Room up to the letter S. He was also fluent in many European languages as well as Hebrew and Sanscrit.