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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.
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.
Meanwhile, back in Scotland, in Glasgow's Mitchell Library, Pitt devised its first open access department, the Music Room, which opened in 1930. [1] By 1935, Pitt was obliged to obtain further accommodation for the book stock of The Mitchell Library and to suggest that the Library be further extended.
The city's principal municipal library, the Mitchell Library, has grown into one of the largest public reference libraries in Europe, currently housing some 1.3 million books, an extensive collection of newspapers and thousands of photographs and maps. [151]
Francis Thornton Barrett (20 September 1838 – 21 January 1919), LL.D., was the first Librarian (from 1877 to 1899) [1] of The Mitchell Library in Glasgow, Lanarkshire. As City Librarian [2] (from May 1901 to 1914), he initiated and developed public libraries throughout the city.
He was an early partner in the Glasgow Tan Work, and in the Eastern Sugarhouse. He was Rector of the University of Glasgow three times between 1738 and 1750 and was the father of the young adventurer, George Bogle , [ 1 ] private secretary to Warren Hastings , who led the first attempted British embassy from India to Tibet and the Emperor of ...