William Bragge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Bragge

''Bibliotheca nicotiana''

Date of Birth: 31-May-1823

Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Jun-1884

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

William Bragge, F.S.A., F.G.S., (31 May 1823 – 6 June 1884) was an English civil engineer, antiquarian and author.
He established a museum and art gallery.
He was notable in his day for collecting a library containing the entire literature on tobacco.
The collection contained tobacco information in all its forms, almost all languages, with pamphlets, engravings, and other publications filling 17 large volumes.
These original and revised volumes are the earliest specialist bibliographies in the English language.