- James Britten
James Britten (
3 May 1846 –8 October 1925 ) was an English botanist.Born in
Chelsea, London , he moved toHigh Wycombe in 1865 to begin a medical career. However he became increasingly interested in botany, and began writing papers on the subject. His first publication was probably that published in the "Journal of Botany " in 1863.In 1869 he was appointed a junior assistant at the Herbarium at the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . In 1871 he joined the Department of Botany at theBritish Museum . In 1879 he succeeded Henry Trimen as editor of the "Journal of Botany". He would hold the editorship for around 45 years. Botanist Norman Hall wrote of Britten: "Britten threw himself fully into the editorship, although his pungent remarks on papers submitted were not always appreciated."cite book | first = Norman | last = Hall | year = 1978 | title = Botanists of the Eucalypts | location = Australia | publisher =Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization | id=ISBN 0643002715]Britten was also heavily involved in the
Catholic Truth Society . This had lapsed in 1872, but Britten help revive it in 1884, and dominated the movement for many years.cite web | title = CTS History | url = http://www.cts-online.org.uk/CTS_history.htm | accessdate = 2007-04-13] In 1896 during his time as secretary of the Society they published " [http://www.archive.org/details/protestantfictio00brituoft Protestant fiction] ".This earned him an appointment as Knight and later Knight Commander of the
Order of St. Gregory the Great byPope Leo XIII . He died at age 79.References
External links
*cite book
last = Britten
first = James
coauthors = Robert Holland
title = A Dictionary of English Plant-names
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=F3YKAAAAIAAJ
accessdate = 2008-06-17
date = 1886
publisher = For the English Dialect Society, Trübner & Ludgate Hill
pages = 618 pages
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