Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873
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Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873
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Hotten, John Camden
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Hotten, John Camden
Taylor, Theodore, 1832-1873
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Hotten, John.
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Hotten, John.
Hotten, John Camden, fl. 1868
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Hotten, John Camden, fl. 1868
John Camden Hotten
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John Camden Hotten
Hotten, John Camden, formerly John William Hotten, 1832-1873
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Hotten, John Camden, formerly John William Hotten, 1832-1873
Hotten, John Camden, active 1837-1870, publisher
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Hotten, John Camden, active 1837-1870, publisher
Sylvestre, Joshua, 1832-1873
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Hotten, John William, 1832-1873
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Hotten, John William, 1832-1873
Hotten, J. C. 1832-1873 (John Camden),
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Hotten, J. C. 1832-1873 (John Camden),
Life of Thackeray, Author of the 1832-1873
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Life of Thackeray, Author of the 1832-1873
Sylvestre, Joshua
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Author of "The life of Thackeray"
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Hottin, J. C. 1832-1873
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Brick, Titus A.
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Brick, Titus A. 1832-1873
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Brick, Titus A. 1832-1873
J. C. H.
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Hotten, John Camden, fl. 1837-1870
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Hotten, John Camden, fl. 1837-1870
Author of The life of Thackeray 1832-1873
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Author of The life of Thackeray 1832-1873
Hottin, J. C. 1832-1873 (John Camden),
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Hotten, J. W. 1832-1873
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Hotten, J. W. 1832-1873
London antiquary, 1832-1873
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London antiquary, 1832-1873
London antiquary
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London antiquary
Hotten, J. W. 1832-1873 (John William),
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Hotten, J. W. 1832-1873 (John William),
Hotten, J. C. 1832-1873
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Hotten, J. C. 1832-1873
Sylvester, Joshua, 1832-1873
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Taylor, Theodore.
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John Camden Hotten was an English publisher, based in London. He published for a general audience, including such taboo literature as Swinburne's poetry, as well as many American authors. A cataloguer and antiquarian, he also wrote, compiled, and edited biographies, bibliographies, translations, and dictionaries, including Grose's glossary of slang.
After some years of apprenticeship in the London book trade, John Camden Hotten spent six years in America. On his return he opened his own bookshop and publishing business at 151B Piccadilly, London, in a building owned by the wine merchants Campbell, Cockburn & Co. The first edition of his successful Dictionary of modern slang, cant and vulgar English appeared in 1859. Hotten introduced a number of Amerian humorous writers to England.
John Camden Hotten (1832-1873) was a British bookseller and publisher. Many of the books published under his imprint were written in part or in whole by himself. In 1866 he published Algernon Swinburne's Poems and Ballads after it was withdrawn from circulation by its original publisher for "indecency." He spent several years in American and was the first to introduce a number of American writers to the British public, including James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Bret Harte. He was a Fellow of the Ethnological Society and contributed articles on literary topics to the London Review and other periodicals.
John Camden Hotten was an English publisher and bookseller. After an extended visit to America, he opened a small London bookshop and began producing a variety of books. He wrote, compiled, or edited many of his publications, including biographies, bibliographies, translations, dictionaries, and other reference materials. He published the first English editions of several prominent American authors, and published Swinburne despite concerns of censorship.
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