Author:James Britten

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James Britten (1846–1924)

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English botanist; acting Keeper of the Department of Botany at the Natural History Museum; editor of Journal of Botany (for 45 years)

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This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901.
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "J. B."

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This author wrote articles for the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia, and the list on this page is complete.

James Britten

Contents

Works

• "Irish Folk-tales" pp. 52-5; 184-7; 316-24 in The Folk-Lore Journal, 1 (1883)
• Old Country and Farming Words: Gleaned from Agricultural Books (1880)
• A Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists (1893) with George Simonds Boulger (transcription project)
• Protestant Fiction (1896) (external scan)
• Through the Heart of Patagonia (1902) (contributed) (external scan)

Edited works

• The Names of Herbes, A.D. 1548. Edited, with an introd., an index of English names, and an indentification of the plants enumerated by Turner (1881) (external scan)
• Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, 1686-87 (1881) (external scan)
• Journal of Botany

Contributions to the DNB

• Abbot, Charles (d.1817)
• Aiton, William (1731-1793)
• Aiton, William Townsend (1766-1849)
• Alston, Charles
• Anderson, Alexander (d.1811)
• Anderson, Thomas (1832-1870)
• Anderson, William (1766-1846)
• Andrews, Henry C.
• Andrews, William (1802-1880)
• Arnott, George Arnott Walker
• Banister, John (d.1692?)
• Baxter, William (d.1871)
• Bowie, James
• Brown, John Wright
• Buddle, Adam

Contributions to the Catholic Encyclopedia

• Catholic Truth Societies

Works about Britten

• "Obituary:Mr. James Britten," in The Times (1924)