YATES,+James

YATES, James (1843-1913) Bolton 1857 (CL 1866); 1CL Leeds 1870-1897 He was the only British Librarian to attend the Inaugural Congress of the ALA at Philadelphia in 1876. He subsequently emigrated to South Africa and then to Canada where he died. R D Macleod 'Who was James Yates?' (//LR// 17, 1959, //pp//250-257)

b. "Bolton-le-Moors" [i.e. Bolton], where had 13 years' experience (YB 1897, 163) CL 1863-1870 (YB 1900, 85)