| Name: |
BULMER, William |
| County: |
London |
| Town: |
London |
| Address(es): |
3 Russell Ct, Cleveland Row, St James's |
| Book Trades: |
Printer |
| Non-Book Trade: |
Not known |
| Trading Dates: |
1787 - 1821 |
| Biographical Dates: |
1757 (date of birth) - 1830 (date of death) |
| Notes: |
Born Newcastle upon Tyne. Apprenticed to Isaac Thompson, Newcastle. Friend of Thomas Bewick. Prop Shakspeare Press (1790-1821). Trading as W Bulmer & Co. Possibly part George Nicol. Succeeded by & part William Nicol. |
| Sources: |
- Todd, William B., A Directory of printers and Others in Allied Trades: London and Vicinity, 1800-1840 (London, 1972)
- Wallis, P.J., The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860: a supplement to C J Hunt's Biographical Dictionary (Newcastle upon Tyne, 1981)
- Kassler, Jamie Croy, The Science of Music in Britain, 1714-1839: a catalogue of writings, lectures and inventions (New York & London, 1979), 2 vols.
- Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977)
Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984) - Isaac, Peter, 'Bulmer's Influential Supporters: An Inquiry Still in Progress', in Aspects of Printing from 1600-1700, eds. Myers, Robin & Harris, Michael (Oxford, 1987), pp49-68.
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