Acton, Eliza (1799–1859), writer on cookery and poet, was born at Battle, Sussex, on 17 April 1799, the eldest of the five children of John Acton and his wife, Elizabeth, née Mercer. The Actons were a Suffolk family, and returned there soon after ...
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Acton, Eliza (1799–1859), writer on cookery and poet
Elizabeth Ray
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Aggas, Edward (b. in or before 1549, d. 1625?), bookseller and publisher
H. R. Tedder
revised by I. Gadd
Aggas, Edward (b. in or before 1549, d. 1625
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Ainslie, Hew (1792–1878), brewer and poet
T. W. Bayne
revised by Douglas Brown
Ainslie, Hew (1792–1878), brewer and poet, was born on 5 April 1792 at Bargeny Mains in the parish of Dailly, Ayrshire, only son of the three children of George Ainslie, a butler on the estate of Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton. His mother's name is unknown, but ...
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Alexander, Dame Helen Anne (1957–2017), businesswoman
Bill Emmott
Alexander, Dame Helen Anne (1957–2017), businesswoman, was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 10 February 1957, the youngest of three children of Bernard Gustav Alexander (1913–1990), a British barrister, and his wife Tatiana (Tania), née von Benckendorff (1915–2004), a translator and theatrical adviser born in ...
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Allde, John (b. in or before 1531, d. 1584), printer and bookseller
H. R. Tedder
revised by I. Gadd
Allde, John (b. in or before 1531, d. 1584), printer and bookseller, took up his freedom of the Stationers' Company in January 1555. He had been apprenticed to the bookseller Richard Kele until Kele's death in 1552, and was left 'fyve pounds...
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Allen [née Howse; other married name Chapman], Hannah (fl. 1632–1664), bookseller
Maureen Bell
Allen [née Howse; other married name Chapman], Hannah (fl. 1632–1664), bookseller, was probably the daughter of Robert Howes, bookseller and bookbinder, and his wife, Anne, who baptized a daughter, Anne, on 26 December 1619 in St Botolph, Aldgate, London. She married the bookseller ...
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Allen, John (1789–1829), bookseller and antiquary
Paul Latcham
Allen, John (1789–1829), bookseller and antiquary, was born 'about' 27 July 1789, and baptized on 4 August 1789 at Hereford, the eldest son of John Allen (c.1754–1828), a leading bookseller in the city, and his wife, Mary (c...
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Almon, John (1737–1805), bookseller and political journalist
Lynda L. Leitner
Almon, John (1737–1805), bookseller and political journalist, was born on 17 December 1737 in Moore Street, Liverpool, to the Irish-born John Almon (b. 1706), seaman, and his wife, Isabella Thompson (d. 1744). Apprenticed to a Liverpool bookseller in March 1751, Almon...
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Alsop, Benjamin (b. c. 1658, d. in or before 1703), bookseller
W. R. Owens
Alsop, Benjamin (b. c. 1658, d. in or before 1703), bookseller, was the only son of Vincent Alsop (bap. 1630, d. 1703), presbyterian minister, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin King of Oakham, Rutland. His father, who was married on 1 May 1657, lived and preached at ...
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Applebee, John (c. 1690–1750), printer and bookseller
Arthur Sherbo
Applebee, John (c. 1690–1750), printer and bookseller, worked from premises a little below Brideway Bridge in Blackfriars, and then in Fleet Ditch from 1715 to 1724, and specialized in the lives of criminals and their dying speeches. Applebee printed the St James Evening Post, or, Nightly Pacquet...
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Archer, David Archer Alderson (1907–1971), bookseller and publisher
Roger Scott
Archer, David Archer Alderson (1907–1971), bookseller and publisher, was born on 15 April 1907 in Havelet House, St Peter Port, Guernsey, the only child of Samuel Francis Alderson Archer (1871–1957), a retired officer who had served in the Royal Artillery, and his wife, ...
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Armstrong, Thomas [Tommy] (1848–1920), pitman and poet
Roy Palmer
Armstrong, Thomas [Tommy] (1848–1920), pitman and poet, was born on 15 August 1848 in Wood Street, Shotley Bridge, co. Durham, the son of Timothy Armstrong, labourer, and his wife, Mary, née Wilson. Childhood rickets bowed his legs to such an extent that when at the age of nine he started work as a trapper boy in the pit his brother had to carry him there; he never exceeded ...
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Aspley, William (b. in or before 1573, d. 1640), bookseller
James Travers
Aspley, William (b. in or before 1573, d. 1640), bookseller, was born the son of William Aspley (d. 1574), vicar of Royston, Hertfordshire, and his wife, Jane (d. after 1640), who outlived her son. On 5 February 1588 he was apprenticed to the ...
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Astry [married name Orlebar], Diana (bap. 1671, d. 1716), diarist and compiler of recipe books
Harriet Blodgett
Astry [married name Orlebar], Diana (bap. 1671, d. 1716), diarist and compiler of recipe books, was baptized on 2 January 1671 at St Mary's, Henbury, Gloucestershire, the third daughter and fifth child of Sir Samuel Astry (1632–1704) of Henbury, Gloucestershire, a clerk of the ...
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Atkinson, Thomas (1799–1833), bookseller and writer
Rosemary T. Van Arsdel
Atkinson, Thomas (1799–1833), bookseller and writer, was born on 18 November 1799 in Glasgow, the son of Thomas Atkinson and his wife, Agnes, née Millar. After an apprenticeship with a Mr Turnbull, bookseller, he became co-partner in a publishing business with David Robertson...
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Aylmer, Brabazon (bap. 1645, d. in or after 1719), bookseller
Marja Smolenaars
Aylmer, Brabazon (bap. 1645, d. in or after 1719), bookseller, was baptized on 7 December 1645 at St Mary's, Stoke Newington, Middlesex, the son of Anthony Aylmer (d. in or after 1661). His father was described as a gentleman of London in the apprentice records of the ...
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Ayrton [née Walshe; other married name Balchin], Elisabeth Evelyn (1910–1991), novelist and writer on cookery
Justine Hopkins
Ayrton [née Walshe; other married name Balchin], Elisabeth Evelyn (1910–1991), novelist and writer on cookery, was born on 2 February 1910 at Littlefield Farm, Worplesdon, Surrey, the eldest child of Douglas Thomas George Walshe (1880–1952) and his first wife, Phyllis Sydney, née...
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John Bagford (1650/5151–1716) by George Vertue, 1728 (after Hugh Howard) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bagford, John (1650/51–1716), bookseller and antiquary
Theodor Harmsen
Bagford, John (1650/51–1716), bookseller and antiquary, was born in Fetter Lane, London, the son of John Bagford. Very little is known about his early life and family background. He was trained and worked as a shoemaker and wrote a little tract about this trade (...
