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Stephen Mitchell (manufacturer and philanthropist) (1789–1874), Scottish tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist, and founder of the Mitchell Library. Francis Thornton Barrett (1838–1919), first librarian of The Mitchell Library between 1877 & 1899, and city librarian for Glasgow between 1901 & 1914.
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Stephen Mitchell (19 September 1789 – 21 April 1874) was a Scottish tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Mitchell Library, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, one of the earliest public reference libraries in Europe.
He never married, and left a public bequest of £66,998 10s 6d to ensure the establishment and maintenance of a public library in Glasgow, to be known as the Mitchell Library. [3] The library was formally opened on 1 November 1877 by the Hon. James Bain, Lord Provost, and on Monday 5 November its doors were opened to the public. [ 1 ]
Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide. ... Library reference is Mitchell Library, GC f672.2506541443 MCF ... GC f672.2506541443 MCF from The Glasgow Story ...
Mount Mitchell State Park's high-elevation restaurant reopens to the public. What to know about the menu and new operators.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2013) ... Mitchell, Glasgow (part of Mitchell Library)
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