Autograph letter signed from Edmund Henry Barker to John Bowyer Nichols [manuscript], 1828 August 2.

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Autograph letter signed from Edmund Henry Barker to John Bowyer Nichols [manuscript], 1828 August 2.

The letter discusses Mr. Barker's publication of Parriana (Samuel Parr). Included is John Nichol's draft reply. Also, a note from Barker to Nichols, 1833.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7091183

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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 ...

Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825

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Samuel Parr was a Latin scholar and schoolmaster, educated at Cambridge. He served as perpetual curate in Warwickshire and during that time established a school in Stanmore, served as headmaster of Colchester and Norwich Schools, wrote essays and sermons with strong and often controversial leanings, and amassed a library of more than 10,000 books. He was a friend of Joseph Priestley and wrote the Latin epitaph for Samuel Johnson in St. Paul's. From the description of Samuel Parr lett...

Barker, Edmund Henry, 1788-1839

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English classical scholar. From the description of Edmund Henry Barker letters, 1827-1831. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 463434680 Epithet: of Add MS 39177 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x0002ec Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x0002e7 Ep...