BRISCOE,+John+Potter

BRISCOE, John Potter (1848-1926) Bolton 1866; CL Nottingham 1869-1916 He was a county historian and the father of Walter Alwyn Briscoe

b. 20.7.1848 Lever Bridge, Bolton sub-librarian Bolton 1866-69 FRHS vice-pres. of LA author of many papers (YB 1897, 177)

Alistair Black, ‘ Briscoe, John Potter (1848–1926) ’, //Oxford Dictionary of National Biography//, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 9 Sept 2008