Briscoe, John Potter, 1848-1926
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Briscoe, J. Potter (John Potter), 1848-1926
Briscoe, J. P. (John Potter), 1848-1926
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found: A contribution towards a bibliography of hosiery and lace, &c., 1896:t.p. (J. Potter Briscoe)
found: OCLC, Oct. 19, 1998:(hdg.: Briscoe, John Potter, 1848-1926; usage: John Potter Briscoe; J. Potter Briscoe)
found: Nottinghamshire facts and fictions, 1876:t.p. (John Potter Briscoe, F.R.H.S., &c., Principal Librarian of the Nottingham Free Public Libraries)
found: Oxford DNB online, 1 Oct. 2015(John Potter Briscoe, librarian; born 20 July 1848; he became chief librarian of Nottingham Public Library, a post he held for forty-seven years; he founded a local literary society, the Nottingham Sette of Odde Volumes, and was a member of the council of the Thoroton Society; his literary and scholarly interests were first and foremost in the field of local history; beyond antiquarianism, his literary interests were eclectic; he designed and edited "The Bibelots", a series of twenty-nine midget reprints of English classics; his "Gleanings from God's acre" included a collection of epitaphs and Samuel Johnson's essay on the subject; he also published "Tudor and Stuart love songs"; died 7 January 1926)
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2015-10-02: revised
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