Louis Alexander Fagan

Louis Alexander Fagan
Louis Alexander Fagan by John Singer Sargent
Born 7 February 1845
Naples, Italy
Died 5 January 1903
Florence
Nationality Italian/British
Employer British Museum

Louis Alexander Fagan (7 February 1845 – 5 January 1903) was an Anglo-Italian writer. He worked in the Department of Prints and Drawings for the British Museum from 1869 to 1894.

Biography

Louis Alexander Fagan was born in 1845 in Naples, Italy. His grandfather was Robert Fagan[1]

He was the Keeper of Engravings at the British Museum from 1869 to 1894. In 1876 he wrote The Handbook to the Department[1]

On 5 January 1903, he died in Florence.[2]

Family

On 8 November 1887, he married Caroline Frances Purves.[2]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 Louis A. Fagan, List of donors, British Museum, accessed June 2010
  2. 1 2  Owen, W. B. (1912). "Fagan, Louis Alexander". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. "Review of The Life of Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B. by Louis Fagan and Lettere ad Antonio Panizzi and Prosper Mérimée. Lettres à Panizzi, 1850–1870". The Quarterly Review. 151: 463–501. April 1881.

Sources

  • Parker, Daniel. "Fagan, Louis Alexander (1845–1903)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33066. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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