Austin Briggs

Austin Briggs was an American comics artist and illustrator (1908–1973). He was born at Humboldt and died at 5th arrondissement of Paris.

Austin Briggs in brief

Born
1908
Died
1973
Known for
comics artist and illustrator
Place of birth
Humboldt
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Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1901 to 1937.

Street in New Orleans, dated n.d., watercolor with traces of pen and black ink on white wove 2-ply laminate paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1942.47. Landscape, dated 1935/42, lithograph on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1943.1528. Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 15, dated September - December 1903, held by Wellcome Collection. Strangeways Research Laboratory, dated c.1901-1999, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

10 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Improved communication and teamwork through use of Myers-Briggs type indicator, Proceedings 1st Austin Workshop on Engineering Management in Technology-Based Organizations. James Joyce Symposium in Honor of Austin Briggs, Hamilton College, 29 September 2007, James Joyce Quarterly, 2007. Green tea polyphenolic antioxidants oxidize hydrogen sulfide to thiosulfate and polysulfides: A possible new mechanism underpinning their biological action, Redox Biology, 2020. 'Antioxidant' berries, anthocyanins, resveratrol and rosmarinic acid oxidize hydrogen sulfide to polysulfides and thiosulfate: A novel mechanism underlying their biological actions., Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 2021. The Mismeasure of Bloom: Sandow, Folklore, Scientific Racism, Eugenics, James Joyce Quarterly, 2022. Electronic Payment Systems Development in a Developing Country: The Role of Institutional Arrangements, Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 2011. Are the beneficial effects of 'antioxidant' lipoic acid mediated through metabolism of reactive sulfur species?, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 2019. An empirical analysis of green supply chain management practices in Bangladesh construction industry, 2016. Bloom’s Dream Cottage and Crusoe’s Island: Man Caves, 2016. Language for Communicating Software Change, 2016.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (24649478). Those registers additionally record the forms Austin Briggs, 1908-1973, Austin Briggs cartoonist, Austin Briggs, cartúnaí, Austin Briggs, kunstschilder uit Afghanistan (1908-1973), Austin Briggs, Cartoonist and Austin Briggs, illustratore, fumettista.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1901Strangeways Research Laboratory (Wellcome Collection).
  2. 1903Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 15 (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1908Austin Briggs born at Humboldt.
  4. 1935Landscape (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  5. 1937Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987) (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1973Austin Briggs died at 5th arrondissement of Paris.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Improved communication and teamwork through use of Myers-Briggs type indicator, Proceedings 1st Austin Workshop on Engineering Management in Technology-Based Organizations

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    James Joyce Symposium in Honor of Austin Briggs, Hamilton College, 29 September 2007, James Joyce Quarterly, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Austin Briggs.

    open access index · Unverified

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  4. 4.

    Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Austin Briggs.

    scholarly index · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Austin Briggs.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  6. 6.

    VIAF cluster 24649478 for Austin Briggs, aggregating national library name authorities.

    authority file · Unverified · OCLC

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 3 works naming Austin Briggs.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q4822995: Austin Briggs

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  9. 9.

    “Austin Briggs”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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