Townsend, John Wilson, 1885-1968
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Townsend, John Wilson, 1885-1968
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Townsend, John Wilson
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Townsend, John D., fl. 1884
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John Wilson Townsend
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Townsend, John Wilson, 1886-
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Biographical note: John Wilson Townsend, a native of Fayette County, Kentucky, was a graduate of Transylvania University and the author of "Kentucky in American Literature" (1915) and numerous other works on Kentucky history. He was employed variously as a teacher, librarian, and editor, but known chiefly as a bookseller and collector of first editions, having operated the Graceland Book Shop and the Blue Grass Book Shop in Lexington. During his lifetime sizable collections of books assembled by Townsend were sold or donated to the libraries of Eastern Kentucky University and Transylvania University.
Historian, collector, and book dealer from Lexington, Ky.
Kentucky author and collector.
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John Wilson Townsend graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1906. Soon after he began writing books and articles about Kentucky history. His second wife was Grace Cole.
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Lexington (Ky.)
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