Richard Garnett (philologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Garnett (philologist)

English philologist and librarian

Date of Birth: 25-Jul-1789

Place of Birth: Otley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Sep-1850

Profession: librarian, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Richard Garnett (25 July 1789 – 27 September 1850) was an English philologist (historical linguist), author and librarian at the British Museum (i.e.
what is now the British Library).
Of his six children, his son Richard Garnett (1835-1906) also went into the British Library, making a name for himself as a scholar, biographer and poet.
Through him are descended several writers and connections with the Bloomsbury Group, while his daughter was the diarist Olive Garnett.