Nelson, James (1710–1794), author and apothecary, was born on 22 April 1710, the son of Thomas Nelson, an apothecary. He may have been the James Nelson apprenticed to Thomas Manning on 6 August 1717 and to Ferdinando Watkins on 8 July 1724. Nelson...
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Nelson, James (1710–1794), author and apothecary
G. P. Moriarty
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Walker, Robert (c. 1709–1761), printer and distributor of patent medicines
Michael Harris
Walker, Robert (c. 1709–1761), printer and distributor of patent medicines, details of whose parentage and upbringing remain the subject of speculation, was a prolific entrepreneur in print based in London, who was probably apprenticed through the Stationers' Company. Two entries under this name appear in the registers. The first, a Scot, was apprenticed to a writing master in 1699 and freed in 1706. The second, and more likely candidate, was the son of ...