Francis James Burgoyne (1858 [1] – 18 October 1913) [2] [3] was a British librarian and author. Born in Blaenavon, [4] he was the Chief Librarian of Lambeth from 1887 until his death in 1913; [5] according to an article in the South London Press, "under his care the Lambeth Libraries became the best equipped institutions of the kind in the Metropolis". [2] An obituary in the Pall Mall Gazette said that "in addition to several authoritative works on public library administration, [he] published some important contributions to Baconian literature". [5]
Francis James Burgoyne (1858 [1] – 18 October 1913) [2] [3] was a British librarian and author. Born in Blaenavon, [4] he was the Chief Librarian of Lambeth from 1887 until his death in 1913; [5] according to an article in the South London Press, "under his care the Lambeth Libraries became the best equipped institutions of the kind in the Metropolis". [2] An obituary in the Pall Mall Gazette said that "in addition to several authoritative works on public library administration, [he] published some important contributions to Baconian literature". [5]