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)

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "J. B."

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

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

Contributions to the Catholic Encyclopedia

Catholic Truth Societies

Works about Britten

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

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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