James West (1850/1–93)
Librarian. Assistant librarian (also porter, messenger, collector, and housekeeper) at the Linnean Society, 1872–83.
Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/127/92/12)
Certificate of death, 11 May 1893, Fulham, London (General Register Office, England)
Gage and Stearn 1988, pp. 67, 78.