Ford, William (1771–1832), bookseller and print dealer, was born in Manchester, the son of Ann and John Ford, a tin man, brazier, and brass-founder. He was baptized on 8 February 1772 in the Cannon Street Independent Chapel in Manchester, and educated at Manchester grammar school...
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Ford, William (1771–1832), bookseller and print dealer
Brenda J. Scragg
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Humble, George (d. 1640), map- and printseller
Antony Griffiths
Humble, George (d. 1640), map- and printseller, dominated the map trade in the first forty years of the seventeenth century and died a very rich man. According to R. A. Skelton he was the son of the London stationer and bookseller Thomas Humble...
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Rodd, Horatio (fl. 1798–1858)
See Rodd, Thomas, the elder
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Sams, Joseph (1784–1860), bookseller and dealer in antiquities
M. L. Bierbrier
Sams, Joseph (1784–1860), bookseller and dealer in antiquities, was born on 26 February 1784 at Wellington, Somerset, the son of Joseph Sams and his wife, Esther, both members of the Society of Friends. He was educated at Ackworth School, Yorkshire, from 1794 to 1798, and was a teacher there from 1804 to 1810. He married at ...
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Smith, Joseph (fl. 1709–1731), printseller and art bookseller
Timothy Clayton
Smith, Joseph (fl. 1709–1731), printseller and art bookseller, is of unknown parentage and there is no record of his early life. His son Joland was apprenticed in 1721 and was therefore probably born about 1707. Shortly afterwards, in partnership with Henry Overton, David Mortier...
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Southgate, Henry (1818–1888), anthologist and auctioneer
Thomas Seccombe
revised by Melanie Ord
Southgate, Henry (1818–1888), anthologist and auctioneer, was born in London, the son of James Webb Southgate, floor cloth manufacturer and auctioneer. Little is known of his early life or education, but on 4 June 1840 he married Elizabeth Lawson Robertson (b. 1819/20)...
