English librarian and author, born on the 4th of May 1840, in Jamaica; was educated at Rugby. He was appointed an assistant in the British Museum in May 1861, became assistant keeper of the manuscripts in 1871, and was appointed keeper of the manuscripts and secretary in succession to Mr. Bond in 1878. He was joint editor of the publications of the Palæographical Society; also of the Diary of Richard Cocks in Japan for the Hakluyt Society (1883). He contributed a Handbook of Greek and Latin Palæography (1893); and contributed the articles on Miniature, Palæography, Paper and Papyrus to this Encyclopædia.
