Maria Hackett manuscript material : 1 item [between 1811 and 1824]
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Hackett, Maria, 1783-1874
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Epithet: of Add MS 37967 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x0002b5 Maria Hackett, English philanthropist and writer. She devoted her life to bettering the living and educational conditions of boy choristers. Hackett's Correspondence and Evidences Respecting the Ancient Collegiate School Attached to St Paul's Cathedral was printed by J. B. Nichols from 1811-1832. From the description of Maria H...
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 ...
