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JOHN ARDAGH was born at Fulham on June 15, 1885, and died at Maidstone on March 8 last. At an early age he was taken to Ireland by his parents, and when fourteen, became a boy attendant at the Duplin Museum. In 1919 he was transferred to the Brfiish Museum (Natural History) and worked in the herbarium. After three years he was appointed clerk-in-charge of the Botanical Library. He soon proved his capabilities as a librarian and gradually built up a considerable reputation among his colleagues and with visitors. The richness of the Library in manuscripts and drawings, as well as in old books, provided him with abundant scope for the exercise of his special qualities. He was ever ready to give freely of his knowledge or to search for facts of interest to others. He contributed several bibliographical notes to the Journal of Botany, and, with H. W. Renkema, gave an account of the various editions of A. B. Lambert's "Pinus", in the Journal of the Linnean Society. He was elected an associate of the Linnean Society in 1939. In addition to his keenness on everything connected with the 'circles' of Sloane and Banks, he made a hobby of the history of old London, and often contributed to Notes and Queries.
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RAMSBOTTOM, J. Mr. John Ardagh. Nature 163, 557 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163557b0
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