| Name: |
PHILLIPS, Richard |
| County: |
Leicestershire |
| Town: |
Leicester |
| Address(es): |
Coal Hill (1791-4). Gallowtree Gate (1794) |
| Book Trades: |
Bookseller, Newspaper proprietor, Printer, Librarian/owner of circulating library, Music seller, Print seller |
| Non-Book Trade: |
Textiles and clothing (hosier), Pharmacy/medicine (Patent medicine seller) |
| Trading Dates: |
1788 - 1795 |
| Biographical Dates: |
1767 (date of birth) - 1840 (date of death) |
| Notes: |
Published 'Leicester Herald'. Prison 1793-4 for selling seditious literature. To London 1795 after fire destroyed business in Leicester.. Sheriff of London 1807. Knighted 1808. Succeeded by R Nixon. |
| Sources: |
- Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce & Manufacture (1791/98)
Extra source information - 91/94- Weston, Richard, The Leicester Directory (Loughborough, 1794)
- Hinks, John, 'Some Radical Printers and Booksellers of Leicester c1790-1850', in The Mighty Engine: The Printing Press and its Impact, eds. Isaac, Peter & McKay, Barry (Winchester, 2000), pp175-184.
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