Booth, Benjamin (fl. 1746–1789), haberdasher and writer on bookkeeping, originated in New England and was born before 1746, possibly the son of Benjamin and grandson of Ebenezer Booth (d. 1732), of Stratford, Massachusetts. He began work as a clerk in a New York...
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John Richard Edwards
Dicksee, Lawrence Robert (1864–1932), accountant and writer on accounting, was born on 1 May 1864 at 27 Howland Street, London, the youngest of five children of John Robert Dicksee (1817–1905), artist, and his wife, Mary Ann, née Barnard. He grew up in a family with strong artistic associations, and was the cousin of the painter ...
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Mellis, John (d. 1593
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Monteage, Stephen (bap. 1623, d. 1687), writer on accounting, was baptized on 1 February 1623 at St Giles Cripplegate, London. He was the son of Stephen Monteage of Buckingham, a goldsmith. As a young man he was apprenticed to the merchant James Houblon...
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R. H. Parker
Oldcastle, Hugh (d. 1543), schoolmaster and author of a text on double entry accounting, was the third and youngest son of Richard Oldcastle (d. 1520), a shearman carrying on his trade in the city of London, and his wife, Joan (Johane). The date of ...
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John Richard Edwards
Paula, Frederic Rudolph Mackley de (1882–1954), writer on accountancy and industrialist, was born on 23 July 1882 at Avenue House, Tenterden Grove, Hendon, London, one of the five children of Friedrich Mortiz Alphonse Felix de Paula, a partner in the City solicitors' practice of ...
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Basil S. Yamey
Peele, James (d. 1585), writer on bookkeeping, whose origins are obscure, described himself in 1569 as 'Cittizen and Salter of London, Clercke of Christes Hospitall, practizer and teacher of the same' (that is, bookkeeping). He was appointed clerk of Christ's Hospital, London...
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Weddington, John (b. c. 1525, d. in or after 1593), writer on bookkeeping, was born in London. He was a citizen of London, a grocer, and member of the Merchant Adventurers of the English Nation in Antwerp. He spent many years in Antwerp...
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Ympyn, Jan (c. 1485–1540), merchant and author of a text on double entry accounting, was born in the Low Countries (but not in Antwerp), the son of Christoffel Ympens, a merchant. He was sent to Italy to work and to learn commercial practices, spending twelve years there, mostly in ...
