Correspondence of Richard Gough, John Nichols and J.B. Nichols concerning the second edition of The history and antiquities of the county of Dorset 1770-1817

Gough, Richard, 1735-1809

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Richard Gough, English antiquarian. From the guide to the Richard Gough manuscript material : 2 items, 1774, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Enfield, to an unidentified correspondent, [no year] Dec. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269568428 Gough was born in London, 1735. He proved to be a scholastic child and, at the age of ju...

Nichols, John, 1745-1826

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John Nichols (1745-1826) apprenticed as a printer in London with William Bowyer, and then entered into a partnership with Bowyer from 1767 until Bowyer's death in 1777. He served as printer, editor, and part-owner of the Gentleman's Magazine from 1778 until his death, and was a prolific editor and author of scholarly works. From the guide to the Papers, 1777-1822., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) John Nichols (1745-1826) was one of the most pr...

Nichols, J. B. (John Bowyer), 1779-1863

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John Bowyer Nichols was born in London, 1779, and went on to be schooled at St Paul's School, London. In 1796 he entered his father's printing office and began part editorship of The Gentleman's Magazine , of which, by 1837, he was sole proprietor. For a short time he was printer to the Corporation of the City of London. In 1850 he became Master of the Stationer's Company. He published many county histories as well as significant works such as The Literary History of the Eighteenth Century . He ...

Hutchins, John, 1698-1773

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Richard Gough, John and J. B. Nichols

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Richard Gough (1735-1809), antiquary, was born in London, received a private education, and was admitted a fellow-commoner of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in July 1752, but left in 1756 without taking a degree. From the age of eleven he was a prolific writer, but after his Cambridge days devoted himself almost exclusively to British topography and antiquities, making annual tours through different parts of Britain, often in company with John Nichols, his printer and publisher,...