ARCHER,+William

ARCHER, William (1830-1897) CL Royal Dublin Society (from 1877 National Library of Ireland) 1876-1895 He had an outstanding reputation as a naturalist prior to his appointment during which he was a pioneer user of the Dewey classification and compiled dictionary catalogues of notable quality.

C. L. Falkiner, ‘ Archer, William (1830–1897) ’, rev. P. E. Kell, //Oxford Dictionary of National Biography//, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 24 Nov 2008