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Succession. 



1844 Samuel Birch, Esq. 



1850 John Holmes, Esq 



John Winter Jones, Esq 



Extra Assistant Keepers 



1805 Horace Walpole Bedford, Esq. 

 1816 Antonio Schlichtegroll, Esq. . 

 John Thomas Smith, Esq. . . 



1819 George Henry Noehden, LL.D. 

 1822 Philip Bliss, D.C.L. . 



F. A. Walter, Esq. . 



1831 Antonio Panizzi, Esq. 

 1833 W. Young Ottley, Esq. 

 1836 Henry Josi, Esq. . . 



v. Chas. Fred. Barnwell, re- 

 signed. 



v. William Cureton, resigned. 

 v. Richard Garnett, deceased. 



of Departments. 



Printed Books. 



v. H. W. Bedford, promoted. 



Prints. 



v. A. Schlichtegroll, resigned. 

 v. G. H. Noehden, promoted. 

 v. P. Bliss, resigned. 

 v. F. A. Walter, resigned. 

 v. J. T. Smith, deceased. 

 v. W. Y. Ottley, deceased. 



Keepers of' the Reading Room. 

 1758 Peter Templeman, M.D. 



1761 Rev. Richard Penneck, B.D. . . v. Dr. Templeman, resigned. 



1803 The duties of this Office were made over to the Assistant Librarians ; 

 and in 1805 to the Under and Assistant Librarians. In 1824 the 

 duties were made over to a Superintendent of the Room, under the 

 management of the Principal Librarian. 



PERSONS IN OFFICE IN THE YEAR 1851. 



Years when 

 appointed. 



Principal Librarian. Sir Henry Ellis, K.H 1827 



Keepers of Departments. 



Manuscripts, Sir Frederick Madden, K.H 1 837 



Printed Books, Antonio Panizzi, Esq 1837 



Mineralogy, Charles Konig, Esq. K.H 1813 



Zoology, John Edward Gray, Esq 1840 



Botany, Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S ,1827 



Antiquities, Edward Hawkins, Esq. F.R.S 1826 



Prints, William Hookham Carpenter, Esq 1845 



